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StockX Co-founder Promoted to CEO Job

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Schwartz co-founded StockX, a platform for buyers and sellers of sneakers, apparel, electronics and collectibles, in 2016 with Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber and Chris Kaufman. The company’s latest move was in September 2024 , when Walmart tapped StockX to provide pre-verified sneakers for sale on its marketplace.

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New Ulta Beauty Initiatives Promote Well-Being for Women and Teens

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Since its inception in 2016, the Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation has donated more than $61 million to improve the lives of women and families. This support comes in the form of financial wellness planning and guidance resources, annual memberships to a meditation tool, and training on wellness, mindfulness and inclusion.

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Lululemon Appoints First Female CFO

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lululemon athletica has promoted Meghan Frank to CFO, making her the first woman to hold the role at the company. She first joined lululemon in 2016 as SVP of Financial Planning and Analysis, and previously held leadership roles at Ross Stores and J.Crew.

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Retail and Healthcare: A Relationship that Today’s Technology can Promote, Strengthen and Expand

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Bespoke statement designs and calls to action also promote faster payments. In these cases, retailers may need to infuse more empathetic messaging to those with higher balances and offer targeted and tailored payment plans or even patient financing. Sales Leaders & Operations Executives.

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GameStop Poaches Belk CEO for COO Position

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Patel was promoted to CEO in July 2021 as part of the retailer’s turnaround efforts following its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an expedited “ one-day reorganization.” GameStop plans to further boost its comeback with the launch of a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in partnership with the blockchain platform Immutable X.

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Tempur Sealy Buys Mattress Firm in $4B Deal

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The retailer was acquired by South African holding company Steinhoff International in August 2016, then filed for bankruptcy protection as part of a reorganization in October 2018. In January 2022 , Mattress Firm filed for an IPO, but cited market volatility when it put those plans to bed one year later , clearing the path for an acquisition.

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Headwinds at Gap: Old Navy CEO Out, Banana Republic UK to Shutter Ecommerce Operations

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Gap closed its eight remaining Banana Republic stores in the UK in 2016 , but had maintained ecommerce operations in the region until now. In another sign of trouble for the parent company, Banana Republic will shut down its ecommerce operations in the UK on May 31, 2022. CEO Sonia Syngal in a statement.