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Stop & Shop Names Industry Vet as Chief Merchant

Retail TouchPoints

He originally joined the supermarket retailer in 2004 as a grocery buyer and category manager: Its a brand I know well and look forward to caring for in my new role. Nicholsons career also has included stints at Walmart, SuperValu and Winn-Dixie.

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J.Crew Promotes Company Veteran to CEO

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Libby Wadle, a retail industry veteran who has filled a number of senior management roles at J.Crew Group since she joined the company in 2004, has been named CEO. She replaces Jan Singer, who has left to pursue other endeavors.

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Dollar General Promotes New President and CFO Following Strong Quarter

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Dollar General has promoted John Garratt to President and CFO, effective September 1, 2022. From 2004 to 2014 he served at Yum! He also has experience as Plant Controller for Alcoa and in various financial management roles at General Electric. said Jeff Owen, COO at Dollar General in a statement. and net sales up 9% to $9.4

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Nike Promotes New Heads for North America and APLA Geographies

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Nike has named Sarah Mensah as VP and General Manager, North America, and Amy Montagne as VP and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Latin America (APLA), effective immediately. Additionally, Aaron Cain was named VP and General Manager, Men’s. Both executives will lead all aspects of their respective geographies.

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Asda CEO: Five runners and riders following Allan Leighton’s return

Retail Gazette

Williams has spent the last nine years at Poundland owner Pepco, joining as a trading director for the discount chain in 2016 before being promoted to managing director for Poundland in 2017 and MD for Pepco last September. He was named as Tesco UK managing director in 2013 under CEO Philip Clarke.

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Macy’s Names Permanent CFO

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Williams, who joined Macy’s in 2004, will play a key role in identifying, developing and promoting scalable and sustainable policies, and corporate best practices to address systemic racism and social injustice.

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Booktopia may have collapsed, but here’s why bookshops are not endangered

Inside Retail

Founded in 2004, the company grew quickly , from turning over $2000 in the first month, to $30,000 in the fourth. Booktopia touted its predictive sales algorithm as a competitive advantage that allowed the business to manage stock levels and allocate advertising spend by monitoring and forecasting product demand in real time.