Leadership
March 9, 2021 at 3:26 pm
Ryan Cohen, the Chewy co-founder and former CEO, has a new pet project: transform GameStop, the world's largest video game retailer, into the Amazon of gaming. GameStop announced the "Strategic Planning and Capital Allocation Committee" on Monday. The committee is composed of Cohen, former Chewy Chief Marketing Officer Alan Attal, and another one of GameStop's…
March 4, 2021 at 7:26 pm
In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss 2021 Women in Retail Leadership Days, an upcoming virtual event hosted by Total Retail’s sister brand, Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC). This month-long virtual experience is one of a kind, designed specifically for women leaders at top retailers and…
March 3, 2021 at 4:53 pm
Nike announced Monday that its vice president and general manager of the North America division has resigned, CNBC reported. Ann Hebert has left the retailer abruptly after 25 years with the company. This announcement follows a report from last week that revealed Hebert's 19-year-old-son, Joe Hebert, had used a credit card in her name to buy…
February 23, 2021 at 2:17 pm
Kohl’s said Monday that it has rejected an investor group’s attempt to seize control of its board, saying it would disrupt the momentum it has in revamping its business, reports CNBC. The retailer’s shares soared more than 8 percent in trading Monday, after a group of activist investors confirmed it has nominated nine directors to…
February 18, 2021 at 9:10 am
We’re thrilled to feature a Q&A with Eileen Mahoney, the executive vice president and chief information officer of PVH, the parent company of leading fashion brands such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, and others, in the Inner Circle this week. Mahoney discusses how she helped PVH pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic, the retail tech trends she’s watching closely, how she feels about being a woman in a male-dominated field, and how she’s working to get more women into retail technology leadership.
February 3, 2021 at 5:54 pm
After 27 years of running the e-commerce giant, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon.com, CNBC reported. The entrepreneur is handing over the CEO role to Amazon's top cloud executive, Andy Jassy, while Bezos will transition to executive chairman of the company's board in this year's third quarter. Jassy has been with Amazon…
January 28, 2021 at 5:16 pm
In this exclusive interview with Total Retail, Rob French, chief digital commerce officer at Décathlon Canada, discusses the next big digitization initiatives in retail and shares his method for identifying innovation opportunities.
January 26, 2021 at 9:10 pm
Global lifestyle brand Away yesterday announced its Chief Executive Officer Stuart Haselden will leave the company in February to pursue another opportunity, according to a company press release. The release states that Haselden will maintain his seat on the company's board of directors, where he will continue to be involved in helping steer the business.…
January 20, 2021 at 7:39 pm
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) today announced the launch of its sister community, Women Leading Travel & Hospitality, a membership-based association that connects executive women across all sectors of the travel and hospitality industry. Women Leading Travel & Hospitality’s mission is to inspire and empower women leaders by providing unparalleled resources,…
January 13, 2021 at 5:59 pm
In this clip from the December 2020 Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange, Ron Thurston, vice president, stores at INTERMIX and author of "RETAIL PRIDE," shares with moderator Rachel Williamson, chief strategic retail advisor of Running Great Stores, LLC, what advice he gives to people considering a career in retail. Thurston notes that retail is…
