Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by investors who claim they were misled by the company about the likelihood of a successful 2015 merger with Rite Aid , multiple sources report. In late 2015, WBA agreed to acquire Rite Aid and its 4,600 U.S. stores, with the deal expected to close in late 2016.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

On May 8, 2015, the companies signed another agreement where Gispac would supply small and large bags for Emma & Roe, Michael Hill’s recently launched business back then, for Australia.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While diesel vehicles made up over 50% of Europe’s new car sales in 2015, Volvo Cars has announced plans to cease production of any remaining diesel models by early 2024 as part of its transition toward becoming an all-electric car manufacturer. This move positions Volvo among the first traditional automakers to take such a step.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2024

Target made its official exit from Canada in 2015, with CEO Brian Cornell reporting that area of the business was “losing money every day.” Strategic brand partnerships and collaborations can help merchants raise brand awareness and expand into new markets.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

Smith brings extensive experience in retail finance posts, including serving as CFO at Walmart from 2010 to 2014 and at Target from 2015 to 2020. Smith as its new CFO, effective May 29, 2023. Most recently, she was Chief Administrative Officer and CFO at Bright Health Group.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by shareholders claiming they were misled regarding Walgreens’ failed 2015 merger with Rite Aid. WBA’s financial results for fiscal 2023, which ended Aug. 31, 2023, illustrate the challenges the retailer faces. Despite achieving sales of $139.1 billion , a 4.8% billion during FY 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Zhang, who had been named CEO in May 2015 , recently narrowed his responsibilities to focus on leading the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, which Alibaba plans to spin off under a separate management team to be appointed at a later date. Alibaba ’s former Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang has stepped down from his roles with the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Bramman served as CFO and SVP of Carnival Cruise Line from 2010 to 2015 and Avery Dennison from 2015 to 2017. Over the course of her 33-year career, Bramman has worked in different areas of finance with companies including Henri Bendel and Victoria’s Secret when the brands were part of L Brands.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Cook left the Mexican fast-food chain in 2015 and sold his shares in the business. Dr Sam Prince, the founder of restaurant chain Zambrero, is suing former CEO Stuart Cook for misleading or deceptive conduct. A former medical student turned entrepreneur, Prince founded Zambrero in 2005 and brought Cook on board four years later.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Founded in 2015, Abbey Glass is a luxury womenswear brand that strives to help women embrace their individuality and be self-assured in their innate femininity. We are truly honored to be their partner and so happy to share their work at Dillard’s.”

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Cook left the Mexican fast-food chain in 2015 and sold his shares in the business. Dr Sam Prince, the founder of restaurant chain Zambrero, is suing former CEO Stuart Cook for misleading or deceptive conduct. A former medical student turned entrepreneur, Prince founded Zambrero in 2005 and brought Cook on board four years later.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Miller led the home goods retailer as President and CEO from September 2015 to August 2021, when Holt took over. Miller has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2015 and will continue to serve as a member of the Board during his latest turn at the helm.

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Retail Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Vasos, who led the company from 2015 to 2022, is returning to Dollar General has rehired former CEO Todd Vasos amid slowing sales growth and safety concerns.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Burns, a 30-year technology veteran, joined Zebra in 2015 as the company’s SVP of Enterprise Visibility and Mobility, and was promoted to the product and solutions chief role in 2018. Prior to his work with Zebra, Burns served as CEO of network services company Embrane, which was acquired by Cisco in 2015.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 4, 2024

High-fashion brands casting prominent elder celebrities is not a new strategy and one that also proved successful for Céline is 2015 when it cast Joan Didion for a series of ads in 2015. Not too dissimilarly, Jacquemus’ 2022 holiday campaign starred Pamela Anderson which incidentally marked the beginning of her fashion comeback.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Pape joined The Container Store in 2015 and has held several leadership positions within the company, managing store operations and customer experience. As SVP of Stores she will continue to oversee the company’s expanding store fleet and have an increased focus on the Custom Spaces business.

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Retail Times

JULY 10, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides!

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Retail Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

The number of communities that rejected dollar stores between 2015 and 2018 was 25. Since 2019, at least 75 communities have voted against allowing dollar stores to open. The towns represent a small but growing trend.

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ATS 130

Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2023

Gucci’s president and CEO since 2015, Marco Bizzarri, is to leave the brand this September after serving at Kering Group for 18 years. Alongside CEO Bizzarri, Michele oversaw a period of soaring growth between 2015 and 2019, with profits increasing nearly four-fold and revenues almost trebling.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 4, 2024

Since 2015, interchange fees have been capped at 0.2% Businesses such as Vodafone, Ocado, and Fortnum & Mason have all raised separate claims against Visa and Mastercard, with a Competition Appeal Tribunal set to hear their arguments in November. for debit cards and 0.3% for credit cards.

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Payment Services ATS 113

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

” Founded in 2015, Draper James is focused on its next era of growth. “We are excited to collaborate with Reese, tapping into the ethos of her brand and reaching even greater heights, as we expand the brand with new product offerings across retail, domestically and internationally.”

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

million for the 12 months to July 29, the highest since 2015. . “Our online offer is a scale business that returned to growth in the second half and has continued to increase market share throughout FY23.” ” Net profit rose 18.2 per cent to $71.1 Statutory net profit rose 23.3 per cent to $60.4 per cent.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

The company, which was purchased by Macy’s in 2015, will join fellow Macy’s brand Bloomingdale’s in the JACX building in Long Island City, Queens in August 2023. “As Bluemercury will relocate its headquarters from the Washington, D.C. area, where the beauty retailer was founded in 1999, to New York City.

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 23, 2023

million birds die during a bird flu outbreak in 2015, has lost more than 6.7 The worst avian flu outbreak in U.S. history has led to the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys, pushing prices higher for eggs and poultry. Nebraska, which saw 4.8 million since March of last year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2023

An email from the brand to a former employee, shared with Inside Retail , shows Uniqlo identified “a number of errors” in the calculation of wages and superannuation payments between July 1, 2015 and June 30 last year.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The test, implemented by Walmart nationwide in 2015, reportedly lacked accommodations for workers with disabilities as required by federal law. The EEOC.

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Inside Retail

MAY 10, 2022

Apple stopped reporting iPod sales in 2015. The iPod has undergone several iterations since its inception featuring a scroll wheel, the capacity to store a 1000 songs and a 10-hour battery life. The version that has been carried to date – the iPod Touch – was launched in 2007, the same year as the iPhone.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Dreiling had served as CEO of rival retailer Dollar General from 2008 to 2015. Witynski has held leadership positions at Dollar Tree since starting there in 2010 and was named CEO in 2020. He became the Dollar Tree board’s Executive Chairman in March 2022 as part of a settlement with activist investor Mantle Ridge LP.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

During his 27-year tenure with the company, he has held a variety of leadership positions in finance, digital and human resources, including acting as CFO from 2012 to 2015. Mulligan also served as interim President and CEO of Target in 2014, prior to Cornell’s appointment.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Giuseppe di Morabito (born in 1992) founded his eponymous brand in Milan in 2015. Working with Harlequin Design , Milan-based fashion designer Giuseppe di Morabito has launched a monochromatic retail space in the world-famous Harrods Department store.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids Photo courtesy Lids As the 2023/2024 season tips off, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has opened its second U.S.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Founded in 1963, Kurt Geiger has been owned by Civen since 2015. The company is working with advisers at Bank of America on a prospective auction, according to Sky News. The sale is believed to begin in the coming months, attracting luxury goods groups and other buyout firms.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2023

Zhang was named Alibaba CEO in 2015 before he took on the chairmanship in 2019. He founded Vision Plus Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing in advanced technologies, enterprise services and digital healthcare in 2015. Wu was the technology director of Alibaba at the company’s inception in 1999.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Allbirds, a sustainable footwear company founded in 2015, initially gained prominence with its Wool Runner shoe and went public in 2021 with a successful IPO. However, the company faced challenges as its sales slowed down, leading to a decline in stock price and disappointing earnings reports.

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Retail Times

MAY 7, 2024

Founded in 2015 by three Devon school friends: Giles, Myles and Rob, the brand’s mission has always been to make healthy eating easy, accessible and […] If you want more information Retail Times get in touch!

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Heinemann entered the Australian retail market in 2015, and has since worked to deliver innovative initiatives and products to passengers in Sydney International Airport. . “They clearly understood our brand goal and global strategy, and worked so diligently with us to bring our vision to life.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

McLay, who joined Walmart in 2015, had roles in strategy and supply chain and led the retailer’s Neighborhood Market business before taking on the top jobs at Sam’s Club. Chris Nicholas, currently COO of Walmart U.S., will replace McLay as President and CEO of Sam’s Club U.S., with both changes taking effect Sept.

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