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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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Macy’s Jeff Warren explains how the legacy retailer plans to turn things around

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Prior to that, in 2017, it announced a North Star strategy centered on customer loyalty. As part of its restructuring under the Bold New Chapter, Spring announced the plan to cut the fat and close down 150 of Macys underperforming stores by the end of 2024. Whether this latest effort proves to be a success remains to be seen.

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Amazon is set to take off in Australia this year, get ready

Inside Retail

Amazon, the $2 trillion gorilla, arrived on our shores officially in December 2017, just in time for Christmas. In April 2024, it announced it planned to invest $490 million in opening two new fulfilment centres in Horsley Park, Western Sydney, with one to open later in 2025 and the other by 2026. Amazon announced it posted over $3.1

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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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