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Dollar Tree Taps Walmart Vet for CFO as it Prepares for Discount Hit on Margins

Retail TouchPoints

Davis was with Walmart from 2006 to 2018 in a number of financial leadership roles, including Treasurer, SVP of Finance and Strategy and CFO of Walmart U.S. We are confident these pricing and other investments will generate very attractive returns over the long term,” said Witynski.

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Why the effort to shake up Endeavour’s board is rooted in the past

Inside Retail

Wavish had as number of executive roles at Woolworths between 1999 and 2006, including chief financial officer, finance director and head of supermarkets. That 1999 to 2006 period was an exciting and heady period of growth, but those days are gone.

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Denim brand Ksubi to open first standalone store in London

Inside Retail

Next year, the brand will mark its return home to its Australian roots, with stores planned for Sydney and Melbourne. . Originally called Tsubi, the brand quickly spread to London, debuting in a disused tube station in 2002, before being renamed Ksubi in 2006 following a trademark dispute.

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How True Religion aims to be the latest Y2K-era brand to make a comeback

Inside Retail

Michael Buckley, True Religion’s president from 2006 to 2010 and its CEO as of 2019, has previously stated, “This consumer wants a deal. Today’s, True Religion shopper has an average household income of $65,000 and is much more cost-conscious. They’re not paying full price.

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Five Pandemic-Driven Trends Reshaping Retail CX Strategy

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Adjust to Return Reluctance. The need to control the volume of returns and make the return process as seamless as possible is more important than ever, as the pandemic has turned what was previously a banal chore into a riskier undertaking. Customers also expect retailers to communicate about the return process.

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How the Y2K Revival is Expanding True Religion’s Shopper Community

Retail TouchPoints

Starting as a Senior Designer in 2006, he worked his way up to VP of Innovation before he left the company in 2017. When he returned to True Religion as creative director in late 2019, social media and the creator economy had reached a critical inflection point. We could just give products away and people would wear them.”

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What Bapcor can learn from Bain’s long track record of PE bids

Inside Retail

From one analyst’s perspective, the Australian mergers and acquisitions landscape is considered to be relatively subdued, but there are signs that confidence in the market is returning. Investors are not seeking for their funds to be returned to them without any assets or growth to show for it,” Hough said.