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BJ’s Wholesale Club Names Interim Leader President and CEO

Retail TouchPoints

BJ’s Wholesale Club has appointed Bob Eddy as the company’s new President and CEO. In 2018, he added Chief Administrative Officer to his title. Baldwin, Executive Chairman of BJ’s Wholesale Club in a statement. “We Eddy stepped in as Interim CEO on April 9 when then-President and CEO Lee Delaney passed away unexpectedly.

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Glossier Bolsters C-Suite with New Creative, Marketing and Commercial Officers

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Beauty brand Glossier has expanded its all-women leadership team with three C-suite appointments, including the promotions of Marie Suter to Chief Creative Director and Kleo Mack to Chief Marketing Officer, as well as the hiring of former Chanel executive Chitra Balireddi as Chief Commercial Officer.

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Save A Lot Makes Interim CEO Appointment Permanent

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Boehler brings more than 30 years of experience across multiple retail and wholesale businesses. where he served as CEO and took the company public in January 2018. Boehler has been serving as interim CEO since Oct. 31, following the departure of former CEO Leon Bergmann.

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Here is what’s driving Danish retail giant Bestseller’s success Down Under 

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Following its launch in Australia in 2016, Danish retail group Bestseller has firmly entrenched its presence in the retail market, with the company making strides in its sustainability and circularity initiatives. Since launching the brand in 2018 in Australia and New Zealand, we’ve seen over 200 per cent increase in sales. [It]

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Under Armour Names New Americas President, Chief Legal Officer

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Before joining Under Armour in 2020 as SVP of Americas Wholesale, Baxter served as President and CEO of LIDS Sports Group from 2016 to 2019. “With deep market knowledge and outstanding expertise we look forward to their proven leadership qualities helping to architect our next growth chapter.”.

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What are the next steps in Chemist Warehouse and Sigma’s proposed merger?

Inside Retail

A combined Chemist Warehouse and Sigma would have a market share of 26.2 per cent of the Australian pharmacy sector, making the new entity more than double the next largest, EBOS, which is currently the largest and most diversified Australasian marketer, wholesaler and distributor of healthcare, medical and pharmaceutical products.

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How Advanced Email Analytics Helped Kerrits Boost its DTC Business 150%

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The mass store closures prompted by COVID-19 in spring 2020 could have spelled disaster for equestrian specialty brand Kerrits , which had operated as a wholesale-only business for over 25 years. Once the pandemic hit, our wholesalers had to close their stores, and we had to rethink our entire email plan,” said Florin.

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