Retail Movers & Shakers

Former Club Monaco CEO Joins Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters has named retail veteran Francis Pierrel as President to lead the company’s North American operations. Pierrel most recently served as CEO…

Shipt Names Target Operations Exec as its New CEO

Last-mile delivery company Shipt has named Kamau Witherspoon as its new CEO, effective March 1, 2022. Witherspoon will replace Kelly Caruso, who…

Home Depot Appoints Company Veteran as CEO

The Home Depot has named 22-year company veteran Edward “Ted” Decker as CEO and President, effective March 1, 2022. Decker also has…

Parachute Names First Chief Merchandising Officer as it Looks to Grow Assortment

DTC home décor brand Parachute has appointed retail industry veteran Meredith Lamont as its first Chief Merchandising Officer. She will be responsible…

Neiman Marcus Promotes New Supply Chain, Technology Leaders

Neiman Marcus has promoted two new C-level executives to support its Revolutionizing Luxury Experiences growth roadmap. Amanda Martin has been named SVP,…

Forever 21 Names Longtime Paper Source Leader as CEO

Forever 21 has named Winnie Park as CEO, effective immediately. She joins from Paper Source, where she served as CEO for six…

JCPenney Hires 2 New Chiefs to ‘Fortify’ Ecommerce and Omnichannel Development

JCPenney has brought in two retail veterans to lead its technology and digital divisions. Former Gap and Walmart executive Sharmeelee Bala has…

Lululemon Names Former Twitch Exec to Head Digital Fitness Division

Lululemon Athletica has named Michael Aragon, formerly Chief Content Officer at Amazon subsidiary Twitch, as CEO of MIRROR and lululemon Digital Fitness….

Claire’s Taps Retail Veteran Kristin Patrick as CMO

Claire’s Stores has appointed Kristin Patrick as Chief Marketing Officer as it continues a brand transformation that has included an IPO filing,…

Alibaba Separates International and Domestic Commerce Operations, Names New CFO

Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as…

REI Taps Former Amazon Exec for New Chief Commercial Officer Position

REI Co-op has named long-time Amazon executive Cameron Janes to its newly created position of SVP and Chief Commercial Officer. The outdoors…

Inditex Appoints Founders’ Daughter as Chair, Names New CEO

Marta Ortega Pérez has been named Chairwoman of Inditex Group — parent company of Zara, Pull&Bear and Massimo Dutti — and Óscar…

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