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Nordstrom Names Ex-Target and Walmart CFO to Top Financial Post

Retail TouchPoints

Smith brings extensive experience in retail finance posts, including serving as CFO at Walmart from 2010 to 2014 and at Target from 2015 to 2020. At Nordstrom, Smith will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, internal audit, treasury, investor relations and strategy sourcing.

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Dollar General Promotes New President and CFO Following Strong Quarter

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He will add responsibilities for the company’s strategic healthcare initiatives and its international expansion to Mexico to his existing finance, accounting, strategy and procurement functions. Garratt joined Dollar General in 2014 as SVP of Finance and Strategy and has served as EVP and CFO since December 2015.

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JB Hi-Fi taps new execs to its leadership team

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Wells has been Group CFO since 2014, overseeing the finance division and leading the acquisitions of The Good Guys in 2016 and E&S this year. With over 15 years of experience as a chartered accountant, Giansalvo will succeed Wells’ prior post. He returned to JB Hi-Fi as GM in 2016.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

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In 2014, cybercriminals used a third-party vendor’s credentials to enter Home Depot’s network and deployed malware on the self-checkout systems to steal customer information.

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Q&A: Richard Murray reflects on 17 years at JB Hi-Fi

Inside Retail

Richard Murray has been the CEO of Australian electronics giant JB Hi-Fi since 2014, but this week, he has left the electronics company to become CEO at retail business Premier Investments, parent company of Just Group, Smiggle and Peter Alexander. . I had also done 10 years at Deloitte where I had a great time in audit and corporate finance.

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Retail has a trust problem. Here’s how CEOs could help

Inside Retail

With online echo chambers bringing cancel culture to the forefront, retail leaders are being held accountable in more ways than ever. According to research by Brand Finance, a business’ CEO has a clear link to the external and internal reputation of the brand, making them an incredibly underrated marketing tool. .

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What Alibaba’s Joe Tsai learned about building a winning culture from the NBA

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You have to look after not just investors, you have to look at accounting, tax, internal audit, and make sure that we have integrity in our numbers and have a well-established finance department that can handle all those things,” he said. . “I was CFO of the company for 13 years. So my job was very much day-to-day.

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