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Macy’s Names Gennette’s Successor as CEO Plans 2024 Retirement

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Jeff Gennette, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s since 2017, plans to retire in February 2024 after a total of four decades with the retailer. Mitchell will lead the stores, technology and supply chain teams in addition to his current real estate and finance responsibilities.

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TikTok Sues to Prevent U.S. Ban, Calling Law ‘Obviously Unconstitutional’

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In March 2024 TikTok introduced new tools to support its “Commerce Everywhere” mission. TikTok’s suit claims that the “qualified divestiture” option offered to the platform’s owner ByteDance “is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally. And certainly not on the 270 -day timeline required by the Act.”

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Target to Spend $5B to Enhance Operations in 2022, Plans 250 More Ulta Beauty Shop-in-Shops

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Other areas of investment announced by the retailer include: Top-to-bottom renovations of 200 existing stores, bringing the total percentage of remodeled stores to more than half its fleet since the effort began in 2017.

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Retail Insight announces the appointment of former Confused.com exec, Andy Brockway, as its new CTO

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Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software, has announced the appointment of Software as a Service (SaaS) industry veteran, Andy Brockway, as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Andy’s appointment is a cornerstone of our plan to drive technological innovation, scalability, and product excellence.

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KUIU Unlocks Global DTC Success in Partnership with ESW

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However, KUIU lacked the necessary technology and infrastructure and quickly realised developing these systems and processes in-house would take years of time they couldn’t afford to lose, as well as a significant investment of resources. With high demand for its products in its domestic North American markets of the U.S.

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Warrick Lambert Takes the Helm at Genie Shopping Amid Growth Surge

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However, the landscape changed in 2017 when Google opened its platform to shopping aggregators. Seizing this opportunity, Genie Shopping pivoted to focus on online retail marketing, developing its proprietary “shopping campaign management” technology.

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Inside AEO’s Inaugural ESG Report: A Blueprint for a Better World 

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billion gallons of water saved by jeans factories since 2017; People: More than $46 million donated to charitable organizations championing mental health, youth empowerment, education and the environment since 2012; and Practices: 88% of AEO’s Board of Directors are unaffiliated with the company (i.e.

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