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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Haynes, who started in Australia as territory manager in 2006, has previously held roles including chief business development officer and interim CEO. As part of the shakeup, Mike Kehoe, who was EMEA president, will return to the US as part of the newly formed chief development officer role.

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“It’s about doing less”: Kowtow MD talks sustainable growth

Inside Retail

Here, she discusses the challenges of a sustainable supply chain, how sticking to your established values helps you stand out, the hidden advantage in not having a strategy at first, and what the business has planned for the next 10 years. Now, we’re a crew of 44 and we have a 10-year strategy, which we never had before.

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How cult brand Nasty Gal is continuing to ride the vintage wave

Inside Retail

The talent will edit these suggestions down to their top pieces and that is how the collaborative ‘edits’ are formed. KB: For Nasty Gal we began our journey in a tiny San Francisco apartment selling vintage on eBay, back in 2006. IR: Nasty Gal launched 14 years ago and e-commerce has changed a lot since then.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

He believed that merchandise presentation was an art form. The display director Joseph Rouse said the store relied on a multiplicity of elegances such as satin covered dress forms, to create the overall feeling of luxury. department stores were soon feeling the effects of this new form of “shop” shopping. Hansen Mfg.

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Why Europe Can’t Kick Russian Gas

Robinson Meyer

And because of the declining production of Europe, but also because of a number of shocks you had in 2006—when the Russians and the Ukrainians fought for the first time over contract terms—you also have a much greater awareness of security of supply. has no medium-term climate strategy. That also is kind of stupid, right?

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“Understand the WHY before you figure out the HOW” – Interview with William Stuart from fuseproject

Design Wanted

William has been practicing as an industrial designer since 2006, first in London, before moving to San Francisco to join fuseproject in 2014. Working with strategy and UX design, brand, program management, and the client, there is more of a management component. and Paypal.

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