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Nordstrom Financial Chief Bramman Steps Down; Insider Appointed Interim CFO

Retail TouchPoints

Over the course of her 33-year career, Bramman has worked in different areas of finance with companies including Henri Bendel and Victoria’s Secret when the brands were part of L Brands. Maher has more than 25 years of finance and accounting experience and joined Nordstrom in 2009 as controller.

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Inditex Appoints Founders’ Daughter as Chair, Names New CEO

Retail TouchPoints

Marta Ortega Pérez has been named Chairwoman of Inditex Group — parent company of Zara , Pull&Bear and Massimo Dutti — and Óscar García Maceiras will replace Carlos Crespo as CEO, completing a “generational handover process” at the fashion conglomerate that began in 2011. She will assume her new role as Chairwoman on April 1, 2022.

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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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‘Everybody’s got a Levi’s story’: Chip Bergh reflects on his legacy

Inside Retail

Bergh, who has served as president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co since 2011, is reflecting on his legacy as he prepares to hand over the reins of the $6 billion global business to his successor Michelle Gass, the former CEO of American department store chain Kohl’s, who joined Levi’s earlier this year. “The It was pivotal,” he says.

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DICK’S Promotes New CEO as Retailer Reports Strong Q3 Results

Retail TouchPoints

Hobart brings more than 25 years of finance, consumer and retail experience to the role. She joined DICK’s in 2011 as Chief Marketing Officer and was named President in 2017. Current Chairman and CEO Edward Stack will assume the role of Executive Chairman and continue as Chief Merchant.

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Why Online Marketplaces are Outpacing Ecommerce in a Post-COVID World

Retail TouchPoints

His background in corporate finance and management consulting has allowed him to support top Fortune 1000 companies in their strategic growth and transformation initiatives, including creating and leading FNAC’s marketplace from 2008 to 2011.

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Reflecting on Marc Andreessen’s ‘Software is Eating the World’

Cisco Retail

Ten years ago today, August 20, 2011, Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape and an influential investor, published a pivotal story in the Wall Street Journal: Why Software is Eating the World (also reprinted on his venture capital firm’s Web site). Marc Andreessen was right in 2011. When the Banks Opened. We are What we Eat.