Management

Find out what major retailers took the pledge to close the gender wage gap; which e-tailer Bed Bath & Beyond just acquired; how Office Depot and Staples are stepping up their back-to-school fight; and how Facebook is entering the brick-and-mortar space.

Check out this session to learn why online marketplaces present an opportunity for both enterprise and SMB retailers alike.

Transitioning from startup to a growth-stage company isn’t easy. This session is a fascinating look into the world of retail startups.

Moosejaw’s CEO will discuss the company’s culture and how it’s been able to develop life-long relationships with its customers.

Last week, I interviewed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on stage at our third annual Code Conference. It wasn’t my first such public conversation with Bezos — we had done an earlier interview in 2008 at the D conference, the predecessor to Code. Bezos joked that he appeared at our conferences "every eight years like clockwork." Back…

Workforce management can be the difference between a retailer becoming a cautionary tale or thriving and going the distance to increase market share and meet customer expectations. With agile omnichannel execution, expanding fulfillment options and seamless customer engagement increasingly vital to brand loyalty and profitability, retailers are tasking their associates with more responsibilities than ever…

While it seems as if many CEOs were paid regardless of performance in 2015, at least one chief executive can attest to the opposite. Burberry cut CEO Christopher Bailey’s pay from $10.8 million to $2.7 million in 2015, a 75 percent decrease as profits tanked and the luxury apparel retailer struggled to show growth, according to…

lululemon founder Chip Wilson is not happy with how the apparel company is being run these days and wants everyone to know it. Wilson, who stepped down as chair of the board in 2013 amid a series of controversies and resigned from the board completely last year, remains the company’s largest individual shareholder. In an open…

Office supplies retailer Staples, which called off a deal to buy smaller rival Office Depot this month, said Chief Executive Ron Sargent will step down after the company’s annual meeting on June 14. The decision comes three weeks after a U.S. federal judge ordered to halt the deal because of antitrust concerns. “With the termination of the…

After more than 1,100 deaths exposed dangerous labor conditions in Bangladesh in 2013, brands like H&M, Wal-Mart and Gap were among the most powerful companies that pledged to improve the safety of some of the country’s poorest workers. But human rights groups say that three years later, those promises are still unfulfilled, and that safety, labor…