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Dusk Group appoints Vlad Yakubson as new CEO and MD

Inside Retail

Vlad Yakubson has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of specialty home fragrance retailer, Dusk Group. Yakubson has more than 25 years of experience in specialty retail and is currently the GM of the men’s fashion brand, YD.

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PacSun Names Co-CEOs and New President

Retail TouchPoints

PacSun has named Alfred Chang and Mike Relich as its new Co-CEOs, and promoted PacSun Chief Brand Officer Brieane Olson to President of the specialty retailer. Chang will set and drive PacSun’s brand strategy, including design, merchandising, marketing, retail and ecommerce.

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Customer Base, Digital Capabilities and Strategic Synergies are Driving Valuations in DTC Mergers and Acquisitions

Retail TouchPoints

The mergers and acquisitions market remains strong for direct-to-consumer firms that operate across a spectrum of channels, but investors are now going back to the fundamentals and targeting companies with evidence of economic success. These types of synergies can be extremely valuable.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Lelio’s track record of strong global leadership brings outstanding luxury expertise to Tom Ford Fashion across retail management, wholesale distribution, marketing, digital, and key markets including China,” Zegna said. “I Bellettini will oversee brand development, Duplaix operations and finance.

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Reopening Your Store – The Things You Are Not Yet Thinking About

Retail Smart Guys

This is a pretty comprehensive webinar, and will include: MARKETING – How will you entice customers to get back in the door, and make them feel safe shopping with you? FINANCE – You got your PPP money. The Things You Are Not Yet Thinking About. Sign up HERE: [link]. It’s happening THIS THURSDAY, April 30.

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Hudson Uses COVID Shutdown to Shave 5 Months off Transaction Platform Deployment

Retail TouchPoints

At the beginning of 2020, Hudson kicked off its deployment of the Flooid platform to provide a new backbone for all transactions across its 1,010 travel convenience stores and specialty retail, which includes proprietary book and tech stores, duty-free shops and food and beverage concessions.