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January 2023

15 Jan

Nordstrom’s Chief Merchant Sets Retirement

Nordstrom’s Chief Merchant Sets Retirement
Nordstrom Inc. chief merchandising officer Teri Bariquit is retiring after 37 years at the corporate. The Seattle-based retailer has began a seek for a successor and can be considering each internal and external candidates. Bariquit will remain in her role until the corporate identifies her successor.  Throughout her profession at Nordstrom, Bariquit has held a wide range of leadership roles across the merchandising organization, supporting inventory audit, merchandising technology, planning and more before becoming the corporate’s first-ever chief merchandising officer in 2019. “During her tenure, Bariquit has transformed the corporate’s approach to merchandising, leading the event of a digital-first, omnichannel strategy designed to satisfy the needs of Nordstrom customers, growing the corporate’s unowned inventory models and supporting significant growth inside its designer business,” the corporate said...
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15 Jan

Color of Change Calls on Retailers to Audit Potentially

Color of Change Calls on Retailers to Audit Potentially
Color of Change is looking on retailers to drag and audit their Black hair product assortments following an October study by The National Institutes of Health that found using chemical hair straighteners — or relaxers, which is most prevalent amongst Black women — is related to an increased risk of uterine cancer. The study, which included data from 33,497 U.S. women ages 34 to 74, found that ladies who reported frequent use of hair-straightening products (defined as over 4 times within the previous yr), were greater than twice as prone to develop uterine cancer than their counterparts. The study notes that while uterine cancer only accounts for roughly 3 percent of all cancer cases and is thus considered “relatively rare,”...
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