Retail Movers & Shakers

Jack Ma To Step Down As Chairman Of Alibaba In September 2019

Alibaba has announced the retirement of Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board Jack Ma, effective Sept. 10, 2019. He will be succeeded…

Working Solutions Names New Strategic Technology Officer

Working Solutions, a provider of contact center solutions for the retail industry, has named Ashok Narayanan to the post of Strategic Technology…

Wakefern Hires New Head Of Marketing

Wakefern Food Corp. has named Erik Keptner SVP of Marketing. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in the supermarket industry and will…

Microsoft Appoints Salesforce Exec To Retail-CPG Post

Shelley Bransten, formerly SVP for Retail and Consumer Goods Industries at Salesforce, has been named Corporate Vice President of Global Retail and…

At Home Appoints CVS Exec As New CFO

At Home has revealed that CFO Judd Nystrom will leave the company. Jeffrey Knudson, currently Senior VP of Finance and Retail Controller at…

Splio Names New Chief Marketing Officer

Omnichannel marketing platform provider Splio has promoted Charles Wells, a 30-year technology and digital marketing veteran, to Chief Marketing Officer. Wells, who…

Sharper Image Promotes COO To Top Spot

Sharper Image has named Lance Reese as CEO. For the past two years Reese has served as the retailer’s COO, responsible for…

Big Lots Hires Tailored Brands Exec As New CEO

Bruce Thorn, most recently President and COO of Tailored Brands, has been named CEO of Big Lots. Following a transition period with…

Cheetah Digital Adds Five Veteran Executives To Its Team

Cheetah Digital, a cross-channel marketing solution provider, has added five executives to its team to help continue growing its business. The hires…

Clobotics Names Ex-Walmart CIO To Advisory Board

Clobotics, a computer vision solution provider for the retail and wind power industries, has named Kevin Turner to its Board of Advisors….

RetailMeNot Names Amazon Exec As New CTO

Vivek Sagi, most recently head of product and engineering for Amazon Business Procurement Solutions, has been named Chief Technology Officer at RetailMeNot….

Lowe’s Hires Former CVS Exec AS Chief Financial Officer

Lowe’s has appointed David M. Denton as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. Denton currently serves as EVP and CFO of CVS Health; he…

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