Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

Since opening its first bricks-and-mortar store, a bookstore, in 2015, Amazon now runs more than 20 bookstores and more than two dozen 4-star stores in the US. Craig Flanders, managing director of full-service creative agency Spinach, compared the move to search engine giant Google running TV ads.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2022

Amid a year of expansion, Dollar General ’s CEO Todd Vasos has decided to retire from the role he has held since June 2015, effective Nov. He began his career with the company as a store manager trainee in Nashville, Tenn. Those plans include: Expansion into Mexico during FY 2022; More than 1,000 new store openings in the U.S.;

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2022

Garratt joined Dollar General in 2014 as SVP of Finance and Strategy and has served as EVP and CFO since December 2015. Brands in various positions of increasing responsibility in corporate strategy and financial planning. From 2004 to 2014 he served at Yum! said Jeff Owen, COO at Dollar General in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2023

We’ve been working in secondhand since about 2015, really testing and learning,” said Abigail Kammerzell, Head of Sustainability for H&M North America in an interview with Reuters. Approximately 30,000 pieces of clothing will be initially available, and ThredUp will power the site and restock it with H&M items sent in by customers.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 6, 2023

It has also done so in New Zealand since 2015. Suntory Oceania will start bringing in new departments, such as sales operations, revenue growth management, with a focus on technology platforms, in order to help the new business scale.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

billion acquisition offer from an investor group composed of Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital. As Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData, noted, “While this would be lucrative for investors, it would not, in our opinion, bode well for the future of Macy’s. How did Macy’s get to this point?

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VMS

OCTOBER 20, 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) Daniel Cortazar has been appointed managing director of Kendu In-Store Visual Solutions and will oversee all business operations in the US and LATAM. Cortazar previously held the position of regional general manager US & LATAM in Arflu for six years and was based in the US. production facilities in Doral, Florida.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

In a planned leadership transition, Michael Witynski has been named CEO of Dollar Tree. Witynski, who joined Dollar Tree as SVP of Stores in 2010, became COO in 2015. Witynski, who joined Dollar Tree as SVP of Stores in 2010, became COO in 2015. He previously held executive positions at Shaw’s Supermarkets and Supervalu.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

She joins Macy’s from InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) and succeeds CTO Naveen Krishna, who is leaving the company; Marla Beck, CEO and Co-founder of beauty retailer Bluemercury , which Macy’s acquired in 2015 , will leave the company this summer.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Burberry’s new chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd will on Thursday set out his plan to finish the job started by his predecessor: boosting growth at the British luxury brand to the levels of its European rivals. Leather goods account for around 20 per cent of Burberry’s sales versus 70 per cent at Bottega Veneta.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2023

We’ve been working in secondhand since about 2015, really testing and learning,” said Abigail Kammerzell, Head of Sustainability for H&M North America in an interview with Reuters. Approximately 30,000 pieces of clothing will be initially available, and ThredUp will power the site and restock it with H&M items sent in by customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Even as Amazon continues to open fashion, grocery and convenience brick-and-mortar stores, the ecommerce giant announced planned closures of all 68 of its 4-star , Books and Pop-up locations — 66 stores in the U.S. Amazon is not abandoning its Amazon Go cashierless convenience stores, with plans to open locations in Mill Creek, Wash.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2021

Last year we saw ecommerce sales and influence propelled into 2025, and yet the online checkout experience is stuck in 2015,” said Raj Ramanand, CEO of Signifyd in a statement.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Morrisons has unveiled a host of management changes as CEO Rami Baitiéh begins shaping up his senior team for the supermarket’s next chapter. Blackhurst returns to Morrisons from 18 March, having previously worked for the grocer between 2015 to 2019 primarily as group commercial director.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 31, 2022

in 2015 from U.K. A University of Arkansas graduate, McCall began his career with Walmart as an hourly management trainee in Grenada, Miss. plans to leave the company in March to “start her next chapter in New York with her family.”. I have appreciated Casey’s contributions to the Walmart U.S. business.”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 20, 2021

Former Topman managing director joins BooHoo. BooHoo Group has appointed Mitch Hughes as the new managing director of its newly acquired Arcadia Group brands Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, and Burton. Hughes, Topman’s former MD, joined Arcadia in 2015 as the buying director of Burton. He joined BooHoo last month.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 16, 2021

The Very Group’s three-year renewal expands upon their collaborative relationship with DemandTec , which extends back to 2015. . Online retail giant The Very Group will continue to enhance its pricing strategies with DemandTec Markdown Optimisation.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Two years after stepping down from his role as executive general manager of national salon chain Hairhouse, Steve Terry is back with a new wellness venture that is part online retailer, part digital magazine and part events business. He also plans to offer a small range of Youtime-branded products, such as yoga mats and face serums.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Efforts to regain momentum at the label, which accounts for the bulk of sales and profits at Kering, have prompted broad change in the group’s top management. The group has also taken steps to broaden its revenue sources, announcing plans to buy high end perfumer Creed in June and a 30 per cent stake in fashion label Valentino in July.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2023

According to the report, global textile production nearly doubled between 2000 and 2015, and by 2030, the consumption of clothing and footwear is expected to increase by 63 per cent from 62 million tonnes today to 102 million tonnes. The post What Europe’s upcoming ban on unsold textiles means for fashion appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 7, 2022

Since 2015, TUDOR has offered exclusive mechanical Manufacture calibres with varied functions. Adrian Maronneau, UK Managing Director, Bucherer commented: “ Bucherer is delighted to launch the first TUDOR prestige boutique in the heart of London, Covent Garden.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2024

Papier is a British online stationery brand founded in 2015 that has since taken the world by storm. Taymoor Atighetchi: I was a frustrated management consultant. TA: We plan to scale the brand into new territories across Europe, South America, and Asia. Inside Retail : How did the idea for Papier come about?

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 25, 2023

// Gymshark chief commercial officer Niran Chana leaves the retailer // Chana joined the retailer over eight years ago as a customer service manager Gymshark chief commercial officer Niran Chana has left the sportswear giant after eight years.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

Amazon has announced plans for its first-ever physical fashion store — dubbed Amazon Style — which will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories. Amazon Style will actually be the company’s seventh physical retail format, which all began with Amazon Books way back in 2015. There will be humans working the store too.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In the last year, the group released its Sustainability Plan which set out a commitment to be powered entirely by renewable energy by 2025 , appointed its first chief sustainability officer, Alex Holt, and signed onto its first renewable energy deal.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2023

The building and planning of infrastructure projects whilst of great and lasting benefit in the longer term can also disrupt regular business activity in the build-up, and create some business casualties.” In planning for this, retailers should generate a keen understanding of the enthusiasm and interest of the sport or club at hand.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since the launch of the surplus partnership in 2015, M&S have been working with Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food from store, which is too good to waste, to more than 3,000 local charities and community organisations.

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A1 Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since launching the partnership in 2015, M&S has donated the equivalent of 70 million meals in surplus food from stores to more than 3,000 local charities and community organisations. This contributes to M&S’ ‘target of 100 percent of edible surplus food to be redistributed by 2025, as part of its ‘Plan A’ roadmap to net zero.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

On top of that, she has faced fierce criticism around her turnaround plan, which includes a focus on non-retail activities such as house building. Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations. Sound familiar?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 22, 2023

Last week, Country Road managing director Elle Roseby shared how the retailer is redefining what it means to be a good business as part of our 2023 series of Masterclasses. Of course, once we started going down that path, we thought, ‘Where are we with our Reconciliation Action Plan?’” Roseby said. It really came from that intention.”

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

How involved will Anchorage be in the management of David Jones going forward? Walker noted that Anchorage has said it is committed to supporting David Jones CEO Scott Fyfe and his turnaround plan, which involves investing in stores and the customer experience. Still, some other key questions about the sale remain unanswered.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Last year, Amazon delivered more than 20 million packages using electric vehicles, and the retailer plans to continue building on this momentum in 2021. Since 2015, Amazon has reduced the weight of its outbound packaging by 33% , eliminating 915,000 tons of packaging material worldwide. Data Analysis Leads to More Efficient Packaging.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

With the festive season fast approaching, almost half (48 per cent) of Brits are planning to cut down on Christmas purchases, including festive activities and gifts, to save money this year. One in 10 (10 per cent) thrifty shoppers even plan to buy more second-hand / pre-loved items to give as presents this year.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We use the finest beech hardwood sourced from sustainably managed forestry with FSC/PEFC certification. In 2015, my husband and I decided the time was right to move from New York City back to Ashburton and grasp the opportunity to work and ultimately take over the family business. IR: Can you discuss future plans for the business?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2023

Back in time The story starts in 2017, when then-CEO and managing director John Humble went on a bit of a buying spree. To that end, in 2018, Humble, backed by financial director Aaron Finlay and Bain Capital, offered to purchase 100 per cent of BWX’s shares in a management buyout. It’s a long story. What went wrong?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 2, 2021

SurfStitch managing director Justin Hillberg steps down. Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services at SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. PepsiCo Australia and NZ welcomes new CEO from US business.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

The source said they plan to increase sales to 8 billion euros ($9.1 The conglomerate will be managed from a holding company in London, with the potential for an eventual stock exchange listing, although local management of the stores in other countries will remain, the source said. billion).

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