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L’Occitane Combines CEO and Managing Director Roles

Retail TouchPoints

The L’Occitane Group has streamlined its leadership structure, combining the responsibilities of CEO and Group Managing Director and naming current Group Managing Director Laurent Marteau as its new Group CEO. He joined the La Prairie Group in 2014, eventually rising to VP for Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

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Boll & Branch Taps New ERP to Manage Supply Chain and Operations

Retail TouchPoints

Since its founding in 2014, Boll & Branch has evolved from an online direct-to-consumer (DTC) business to a complete omnichannel organization that has a presence on Amazon , at major retailers like Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom , as well as branded brick-and-mortar stores nationwide. .

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SurfStitch managing director stepping down this week

Inside Retail

Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services of SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Art of Hair salon manager faces court for third time over underpaying staff

Inside Retail

The company operating the Art of Hair salon in New South Wales and its manager are facing court for underpaying an employee. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has initiated legal action against The Art of Hair–Bateau Bay company along with its current manager Nelvin Lal and former director Cheri Rance.

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Autobarn parent Bapcor receives $1.8bn buyout bid

Inside Retail

A once-great company, after a couple of years of poor management, shouldn’t be in this position,” Johnson said. Bapcor co-founder and former owner Garry Johnson, who remains a large investor in the company, told the AFR that the $5.40 per share price offer was too low. “A “The automotive aftermarket is becoming increasingly global.

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Application-centric Security Management for Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO)

Cisco Retail

Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO) users can achieve policy-driven Application-centric Security Management (ASM) with AlgoSec. The AlgoSec solution with NDO brings the power of intelligent automation and software-defined security features for ACI, including planning, change management, and micro-segmentation, to global scope.

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Michael Hill ordered by NSW Supreme Court to pay $2.6 million in damages

Inside Retail

The companies signed two separate agreements for Australia and New Zealand on May 5, 2014, under which Gispac would supply small and large paper bags to Michael Hill for the two markets. The company had to shut down six underperforming Michael Hill stores and cut a number of senior management roles to reduce operating costs.

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