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Dollar Tree Promotes Witynski To CEO

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In a planned leadership transition, Michael Witynski has been named CEO of Dollar Tree. Gary Philbin, the company’s CEO since September 2017, is retiring but will serve as a member of the board through September 23, 2020. In December, Witynski was promoted from President and COO to a newly created position of Enterprise President.

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Target Names First Chief Growth Officer, Announces Series of C-Level Promotions

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Target has made a number of changes across its executive leadership team, including the promotion of Christina Hennington to the newly established role of EVP and Chief Growth Officer. Boylan, who joined Target in 2011, has been leading the company’s communications function since 2017.

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Target Shuffles Merchandising Leadership, Again, Begins Hunt for New CMO

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Current Chief Growth Officer Christina Hennington has been promoted to Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, while Rick Gomez, who took on the role of Chief Food, Essentials and Beauty Officer in January, will oversee all of Target’s merchandising business as Chief Commercial Officer. Hennington will continue to report to Cornell.

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NRF: 166.3 Million People Expected to Shop on Thanksgiving Weekend, Setting New Record

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million people plan to shop between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday in 2022, representing 69% of all holiday shoppers, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Analytics. This would be nearly 8 million more people than in 2021 and the highest estimate since NRF began tracking the data in 2017.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club Names Interim Leader President and CEO

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From 2013 to 2017, he also chaired the Financial Executives Council of the National Retail Federation. Prior to joining BJ’s, Eddy served multinational manufacturing, technology, retail and consumer products companies as a member of the audit and business advisory practice of PwC.

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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

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In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? And don’t forget the shopper looking for that end-of-season deal.

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How Retail Arrived at Black Friday 2017

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With Black Friday 2017 just days away, it’s only natural to look back and figure out where exactly this retail holiday came from. The next big wave to change Black Friday was the lengthening of the promotional calendar—making Black Friday into “Black November.” “Promote it and they will come?”

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