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Walmart GoLocal Taps Shipt Exec as VP

Walmart has onboarded Rina Hurst as the new VP of its Walmart GoLocal delivery service platform. Hurst joins the retail giant from…

UPDATED: Abercrombie Launches Investigation 9 Years After Jeffries Stepped Down as CEO

UPDATE Oct. 6, 2023 – When this story was first published in 2014, there was no indication of the reasons behind Michael…

AEO Inc. COO Steps Down Amid Positive Financial Outlook

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO) Chief Operations Officer Michael Rempell has announced he will step down from his role, effective early in…

Tapestry Gives Interim CEO the Job on a Permanent Basis

Luxury accessories and lifestyle brand Tapestry has appointed Joanne Crevoiserat as CEO, effective immediately. Since July, Crevoiserat has been serving as interim…

RTW Retailwinds Promotes Inglis To CEO

RTW Retailwinds, the parent company of women’s fashion retailers New York & Company, Fashion to Figure and Happy x Nature, has promoted…

JCPenney Chief Customer Officer Steps Down Only Nine Months Into Role

Just ahead of JCPenney’s plans to report its Q4 and full-year earnings results, the department store’s Chief Customer Officer Shawn Gensch is…

Rite Aid Hires Walmart Canada Veteran To Head Retail Operations

Rite Aid has named Andre Persaud as its new EVP, Retail, in charge of leading the operations of more than 2,400 locations….

JCPenney Names Six New VPs As Part Of Executive Overhaul

JCPenney has appointed six new vice presidents as it continues to implement its “Plan for Renewal,” an effort to turn the struggling…

Avon CEO Resigns Following Acquisition By Brazilian Cosmetics Giant

Avon CEO Jan Zijderveld has stepped down, the 130-year-old U.S. cosmetics company revealed upon closing its sale to Brazilian personal care cosmetics…

Tractor Supply Co. Promotes Omnichannel VP To E-Commerce SVP

Tractor Supply Co. has promoted Letitia Webster to SVP of E-Commerce, less than a month after the company announced it was bringing in…

BJ’s Wholesale Club Promotes Insider To CEO

BJ’s Wholesale Club has promoted President Lee Delaney to CEO succeeding Christopher Baldwin in the role. Baldwin, already Chairman of BJ’s, has…

Amid Continued Growth, Ulta Beauty Promotes Four Executives

Ulta Beauty is promoting four executives from within as part of a number of leadership changes. The moves make a stark contrast…

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