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Torrid CFO/COO Resigns; No Permanent Replacement(s) Announced

Retail TouchPoints

Paula Dempsey, SVP of Finance and Investor Relations, will take on the role of interim CFO until a permanent successor is named. She has extensive retail experience, most recently as SVP of Corporate Finance for Mattress Firm , which was purchased by Tempur Sealy earlier this month.

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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

Retail TouchPoints

Back in 2016, Ron Johnson was asked in a fireside chat at Shoptalk about the biggest mistake he had ever made. million bridge loan and a financing commitment of $55 million from tech services company A s urion. Ron Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Enjoy Technology. His response: “Going to JCPenney.”

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On the board: former Big W MD championing social impact with Good360 solution

Inside Retail

Former Big W managing director, David Walker recently became a board member for Good360 shortly after stepping down from his role with the Woolworths Group in November 2023 to become a ‘freedom explorer’. I’ve got a finance background and I’ve worked in logistics and with a number of different retail businesses.

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From Obligation to Opportunity: Make Compliance Your Biggest USP

Retail TouchPoints

Today’s world has shown us how geopolitical issues, outbreaks of conflict, terrorism and large-scale organized crime (including cybercrime) are becoming increasingly entwined with fraud, compliance and risk management. The fact is that many fintechs and non-finance businesses simply don’t want the hassle of doing compliance by themselves.

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The key to better boards? More women with hands-on retail experience

Inside Retail

In an industry with a very high percentage of female employees and, positively, strong representation in management ranks, there is still room at the top for many more women in leadership roles as CEO and company directors in major retailers. The retail industry accounts for 9.8 per cent of the total Australian workforce with around 1.5

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Stater Bros. taps Mike Reed as SVP and CFO

Mass Relators

Reed succeeds Dave Harris, who recently retired as the retailer’s executive vice president of finance, CFO and principal accounting officer. With Mike overseeing the company’s finances, Stater Bros. Markets has promoted Mike Reed to the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer.

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Roark Capital to buy sandwich chain Subway for up to US$9.55 billion

Inside Retail

market where it remains well below the peak it hit a few years ago”, said Neil Saunders, managing director of market research firm GlobalData. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP advised Roark Capital, while Morgan Stanley led the acquisition financing. billion appeared first on Inside Retail.

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