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StockX Co-founder Promoted to CEO Job

Retail TouchPoints

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. A longtime marketplaces veteran, he joined StockX to scale it for growth, with the ultimate goal of returning it to being a founder-led company.

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Asda CEO: Five runners and riders following Allan Leighton’s return

Retail Gazette

The longstanding, and so far unsuccessful search for Asda’s new CEO could receive a shot in the arm following the return of former chief Allan Leighton as its new executive chair this week. Barry Williams With Leighton back at Asda, could we see the supermarket’s former executive Barry Williams also make a return?

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Devising an Optimal Returns Policy for Your Business

Retail TouchPoints

For many years, permissive returns policies have been the norm in ecommerce. For the post-holiday season just past, it’s estimated that the total value of returned goods will be around $171 billion. retailers were revisiting their returns policies as of late 2022. With numbers like these, it’s no wonder that most U.S.

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Banana Republic Returns to UK and Ireland via Next plc Partnership 

Retail TouchPoints

has expanded its partnership with Next plc as part of its return of the Banana Republic brand to the UK and Ireland. had shuttered its UK Banana Republic ecommerce operations after closing the brand’s eight remaining stores in the region in 2016. “We The Gap Inc. By May 31, 2022, Gap Inc.

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Amazon Veteran will Return to Lead AWS when Jassy Moves into CEO Role

Retail TouchPoints

Former Amazon exec Adam Selipsky will return to lead the company’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, when current AWS chief Andy Jassy steps into the CEO role later this year. Tableau was acquired by Salesforce in 2019 for $15.7

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Australia’s top retailers recognised for customer experience

Inside Retail

While the retail landscape has changed dramatically since Inside Retail first launched the Retailer Awards in 2016, understanding your customer’s needs, and coming up with creative and innovative ways to meet — and ideally, exceed — them, remain vital to success.

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Pip Edwards returns to Ksubi as creative director

Inside Retail

Pip Edwards has returned to Ksubi as creative director after departing the activewear label PE Nation last month. Edwards considers her return to the denim brand as a “true full circle moment.” Edwards earlier said that she would maintain her directorship and shareholding in PE Nation, which she co-founded in 2016.

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