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Longchamp ANZ GM Julie Therond champions hard work, collaboration and patience

Inside Retail

Julie Therond is the general manager of Longchamp Australia and New Zealand and has worked with the fashion brand since 2012. Julie Therond: I started at Longchamp almost 12 years ago in the Hong Kong office as an Apac area manager, before being promoted to Apac sales director. IR: What do you love about your job?

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Publix announces VP retirements, promotion

Mass Relators

Vice President of Finance Gino DiGrazia has decided to retire at the end of this year after 30 years with the company. DiGrazia, 60, began his Publix career in 1992 as manager of business analysis and reporting in Lakeland, Fla. In 2012, he was named vice president of finance.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

7-Eleven names new general manager of channel. Fiona Hayes (pictured) has been appointed 7-Eleven’s general manager of channel, following almost three decades at Telstra. Du Retail joined L’Oreal France in 1996 and has worked in a variety of fields, including management, operations, finance, and e-commerce.

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How Chipotle aims to attract Gen Z staff with next-gen benefits

Inside Retail

Of Chipotle’s current workers, roughly 73 per cent fall within the Gen Z age range (those born between 1997 and 2012), a generation of employees that has specific concerns.

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BNPL: A Win-Win for Retailers and Consumers as the Holidays Approach

Retail TouchPoints

BNPL is a financing option that makes sense from a consumer perspective. But with more sales comes more returns and a greater responsibility to manage the process with sustainability and efficiency at the forefront. Still, retailers must manage the reverse supply chain logistics and resale strategy for the onslaught of unwanted items.

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Best of 2023: Is private equity ownership slowly killing retail?

Retail Gazette

The private equity-owned grocer is not alone in its quest to manage debt. As both supermarkets look to manage soaring debt piles, can these firms truly compete and thrive or could this lead to a downward spiral for the private equity owned retailers? Debt piling: A burden or helping hand? But why is private equity so controversial?

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

Price stepped down as deputy chairman and managing director of Waitrose in 2016 after 33 years at the business. Prior to Tesco, Davies was the boss of CEO of Halfords from 2012 to 2015 and worked at Pets at Home first as its finance director in 2001 and later its chief executive from 2004 to 2012.