Leadership
April 22, 2019 at 3:04 pm
Bed Bath & Beyond today announced that in response to shareholder feedback it will transform its current board of directors. The board will now comprise 10 directors (as opposed to 12), nine of whom are independent and six of whom are women. Five current independent directors will step down.The transformed board will reflect significant diversity across…
April 19, 2019 at 12:36 pm
As retailers negotiate bankruptcies, competitors creeping into their margins, changing consumer behavior, and the prospect of a widely anticipated economic downturn, the imperative for survival has never been more keenly felt. The majority of retailers are stuck in survival mode. Of the 300 retail executives who assessed their organization’s overall health in BDO’s 2019 Retail…
April 19, 2019 at 12:20 pm
The customer experience (CX) doesn’t start when the customer arrives. Internal processes, methods and data are the building blocks — and perhaps the limiters — on the quality of every customer experience. To deliver experiences that will win customers back time and time again, brands are digging deeper than polished scripts, perfected web pages and…
April 16, 2019 at 3:38 pm
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), sister brand of Total Retail, recently released its ninth annual list of the Top Women in Retail. This annual feature, a joint effort of Total Retail and WIRLC, highlights the women leading some of the top retail organizations and brands in the industry today. In addition to this annual print issue, WIRLC…
April 15, 2019 at 12:52 pm
Best Buy said on Monday that Corie Barry, the company’s chief financial and strategic transformation officer, will become its new CEO, effective June 11. Barry will be the first woman ever to serve in this role. In addition, she will join Best Buy's board of directors, which will expand to 13 directors. Hubert Joly, who is…
April 11, 2019 at 2:08 pm
Amazon.com's CEO Jeff Bezos called on other retailers to match Amazon’s benefits and $15 minimum wage in his annual letter to shareholders filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "Today I challenge our top retail competitors (you know who you are!) to match our employee benefits and our $15 minimum wage," Bezos wrote.…
April 9, 2019 at 2:09 pm
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), sister brand of Total Retail, recently released its ninth annual list of the Top Women in Retail. This annual feature, a joint effort of Total Retail and WIRLC, shines a spotlight on the women leading some of the top retail organizations and brands in the industry today. Over the course of the…
April 2, 2019 at 9:27 am
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), sister brand of Total Retail, recently released its ninth annual list of the Top Women in Retail. This annual feature, a joint effort of Total Retail and WIRLC, shines a spotlight on the women leading some of the top retail organizations and brands in the industry today. As part of the special…
March 27, 2019 at 9:41 am
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), sister brand of Total Retail, recently released its ninth annual list of the Top Women in Retail. This annual feature, a joint effort of Total Retail and WIRLC, shines a spotlight on the innovative female minds leading some of the top retail organizations and brands in the industry today. As…
March 22, 2019 at 1:16 pm
Rent the Runway, the online service that provides designer dress and accessory rentals, announced on Thursday a $125 million investment co-led by Franklin Templeton Investments and Bain Capital Ventures that values the company at $1 billion. The financing is the largest funding round Rent the Runway has raised to date, and will bring total equity raised to…
