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Dollar Tree Continues to Rebuild C-Suite With COO Hire

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From 2013 to 2021, Creedon worked with Advance Auto Parts , most recently as the company’s EVP of U.S. Creedon also filled the company’s role of President of Autopart International from 2013 to 2017. Creedon will replace former COO Thomas O’Boyle, who was one of the C-suite executives who left the company during the overhaul.

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Under Armour Appoints Hospitality Veteran as President and CEO

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Prior to her role as President, Linnartz, who joined Marriott in 1997, held roles in sales, marketing and finance, rising to EVP and Global Chief Commercial Officer from 2013 to 2019 and serving as Group President of Consumer Operations, Technology and Emerging Businesses from 2020 to 2021.

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American Eagle Names Replacements for Departing COO

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Prior to that she was EVP of Supply, North America at PVH from 2020 to 2021, building on an extensive tenure across several supply chain leadership roles for key businesses within the PVH portfolio, including Calvin Klein North America and The Underwear Group from 2013 to 2020.

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Exclusive Q&A: Venmo GM on the Company’s ‘Natural Extensions’ into Business Payments

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McKinsey calls this embedded finance — when a financial product or solution is placed in a non-financial setting, for example on a social media platform or in a store (private label credit cards are one old-school example). Embedded finance has become big business: McKinsey estimated that the sector reached $20 billion in revenue in the U.S.

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Essity Completes $320M Acquisition of Digitally Native Intimates Brand Knix

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In 2021, the company closed Series B financing, setting the stage for the brand’s 97% YoY growth for the year. Knix was founded in 2013 on the premise that the foundationwear category should include leakproof underwear and apparel such as activewear as it attempted to dispel stigmas related to women’s bodies. billion in the U.S.

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Kohl’s Reaches Agreement with Activist Investors, Names Three New Board Members

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Other elements of the agreement between Kohl’s and the investor group include: The board’s existing ad hoc finance committee will become a standing Finance Committee of the board the purpose of which will include assisting the board on its oversight of capital allocation decisions made by the company.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

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Some cases in point include: In 2013, Target experienced a data breach where hackers accessed their customer credit card information by exploiting a weakness in the HVAC system’s network connection.