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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

Retail TouchPoints

The Evolving Threat Landscape Retailers increasingly rely on digital platforms for sales, inventory management and customer engagement. Some cases in point include: In 2013, Target experienced a data breach where hackers accessed their customer credit card information by exploiting a weakness in the HVAC system’s network connection.

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Good360 gets $3 million grant: How it will connect retail, charity and community

Inside Retail

Requests to Good360 from charities increased by 400 per cent at the start of the year, compared to the same period in 2023,” Alison Covington, founder and managing director, of Good360 Australia, told Inside Retail. In 2013, Covington immersed herself in the US business, before bringing the model to Australia in 2015.

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Alibaba Separates International and Domestic Commerce Operations, Names New CFO

Retail TouchPoints

Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as CFO in April 2022. The announcements mark the first major management shifts since Alibaba was fined a record-setting $2.75 billion for monopolistic practices earlier this year.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club taps Bob Eddy as CEO

Mass Relators

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. Bob’s leadership, strategic vision and deep knowledge of the business have been pivotal in driving BJ’s Wholesale Club’s transformation and record growth across all key metrics,” BJ’s executive chairman Christopher Baldwin said. WESTBOROUGH, Mass. These changes are effective immediately. “We

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Online or Offline Sales? Why not Both?

Retail TouchPoints

Since the company’s launch in Frankfurt, Germany in 2013, Emma has reached customers in 30 countries. They call this the “wholesale” shopping experience. This flexibility means Emma can choose an order management system from one vendor and a system for its business domain from somewhere else.

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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

Strategic Considerations: Inventory management becomes paramount. Retailers need to consider their capacity to manage logistics and the value of faster delivery to their customer base. For example, a customer may order three products that come from three different wholesalers. Dr. Ralph F.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Darrell has served as CEO of Logitech International since 2013. Darrell’s broad executive management and deep international experience make him uniquely suited to partner with and guide VF’s executive team and 35,000 talented associates around the world to fuel an exciting new future for the company,” said Carucci.

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