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Sustainability and Profitability: How Embedding Sustainability can Boost Business Performance

Retail TouchPoints

BNP Paribas, HSBC and IFC) are leveraging supply chain finance, tied to sustainable operation, to align with suppliers which, if standards are met, can unlock real benefit to the business including preferred and lower interest rates, tiered financing and access to more working capital. Our research highlights that U.S.

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David’s Bridal Acquires Wedding Media Brand, Launches Pearl Media to Create ‘Ultimate Inspiration Network’

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‘Love Stories by David’s’ to Anchor Pearl Media Offerings Image courtesy David’s Bridal Founded in 2016, Love Stories TV boasts more than 20 million viewers for its library of over 30,000 videos across content platforms including social media, YouTube, podcasts, linear TV and video on-demand.

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Torrid CFO/COO Resigns; No Permanent Replacement(s) Announced

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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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Lululemon Appoints First Female CFO

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She first joined lululemon in 2016 as SVP of Financial Planning and Analysis, and previously held leadership roles at Ross Stores and J.Crew. Meghan has a unique and comprehensive understanding of retail gained through her experience across finance and merchandise planning,” said Calvin McDonald, CEO of lululemon in a statement.

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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

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Back in 2016, Ron Johnson was asked in a fireside chat at Shoptalk about the biggest mistake he had ever made. million bridge loan and a financing commitment of $55 million from tech services company A s urion. Ron Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Enjoy Technology. His response: “Going to JCPenney.”

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Adairs MD and CEO Mark Ronan resigns

Inside Retail

Having joined Adairs as finance manager in September 2007, Ronan has transitioned over the years into merchandise planning manager, head of retail operations, and then COO until being appointed CEO in November 2016. Prior to joining Adairs, he was operations manager at Sovereign Hotel Group and finance manager at River Capital.

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JB Hi-Fi taps new execs to its leadership team

Inside Retail

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. He previously worked at JB Hi-Fi for three years before holding senior finance positions at the Catch Group. He returned to JB Hi-Fi as GM in 2016.

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