Management
August 23, 2017 at 1:24 pm
GameStop has named Janet Bareis as senior vice president of collectibles, a newly created position within the company. Bareis will report to CEO Paul Raines, and will assume responsibility for developing and supporting the company’s merchandising strategy and operations within the growing collectibles market. Prior to joining GameStop, Bareis spent 11 years with Wal-Mart Stores,…
August 22, 2017 at 11:24 am
Macy's has poached an eBay executive as it shakes up its management and cuts 100 jobs in an effort to reignite slumping sales at the department store chain. Hal Lawton, senior vice president of North America at eBay, will join Macy's on Sept. 8 as president. The company is expanding its customer insights and data analytics…
August 21, 2017 at 1:28 pm
Amazon.com's relatively low-paid warehouse workers get the same parental leave benefits as the company’s highly paid software developers and executives — a rarity for U.S. hourly workers. Amazon’s move to revamp its parental leave benefits, which began in 2015, coincided with a wider wave of perk enhancements among booming U.S. technology companies concerned about retaining talented…
August 18, 2017 at 11:23 am
President Trump renewed his attack on Amazon.com Wednesday, tweeting that the e-commerce giant is "doing great damage to tax-paying retailers" and removing jobs in cities. Trump's blistering tweet was issued hours after The Washington Post — the newspaper owned by Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos — ran an editorial with the headline, "Mr. Trump gives comfort to racists." Total…
August 16, 2017 at 12:55 pm
Sur La Table this week announced the appointment of Billy May as CEO. May succeeds Diane Neal, who retired earlier this year. May brings deep marketing, merchandising and operations experience to Sur La Table, with a strong focus on customer-facing growth initiatives across multiple platforms. He joins the company from Abercrombie & Fitch, where he most…
August 16, 2017 at 12:48 pm
Hibbett Sports has added James Hilt, executive vice president, chief marketing officer and e-commerce for Express, to its board of directors. Hilt joined Express in 2014 as senior vice president of e-commerce. He previously worked as vice president of eBooks and managing director of international at Barnes & Noble. The addition of Hilt comes as Hibbett Sports…
August 16, 2017 at 12:20 pm
PetSmart Inc.’s CEO and President Michael Massey resigned from his position late last week. The retailer's board of directors has accepted his resignation and announced that Raymond Svider will serve as executive chairman to oversee the company’s operations with the senior leadership team. The board has initiated a search for Massey’s replacement. Massey joined PetSmart…
August 15, 2017 at 11:37 am
Under Armour founder Kevin Plank became the second CEO to resign from President Donald J. Trump’s advisory jobs panel on Monday after the president was widely criticized for not quickly denouncing groups that marched at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., this past weekend. Plank’s statement, issued Monday evening, made no mention of the president…
August 11, 2017 at 3:04 pm
This interview originally appeared in the cover story of Total Retail’s Summer issue, Game Changers. In this excerpt from the cover story, Miki Racine Berardelli, CEO of KIDBOX, was interviewed. Berardelli discusses why she believes in the future of subscription commerce, her style of leadership, and much more in this wide-ranging Q&A.
August 9, 2017 at 1:33 pm
DSW Inc. has appointed Peter Cobb to its board of directors. Cobb will serve on the company’s nominating and corporate governance and technology committees. Cobb co-founded eBags in 1998, which grew to become the largest e-commerce website for luggage, handbags, backpacks and travel products, and was subsequently acquired by travel leader Samsonite in 2017. Prior…
