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19 May

Lester Gribetz, Master Merchant, Former Bloomingdale’s Vice Chair, Dies

Lester Gribetz, a former Bloomingdale’s vice chairman and for a long time a highly respected and talented retail executive immersed in the house furnishings and cosmetics industries, died Thursday morning at his home in Manhattan along with his husband by his side. He was 93. “Lester was a special and rare human being,” said his husband, Andy Peters, who confirmed Gribetz’s passing. “His open heart and type, caring nature captured everyone he got here into contact with. He was also a talented, once-in-a-generation merchant, which guided him from folding towels at Bloomingdale’s just out of the military to becoming vice chairman of the shop.” “He was a master merchant with an ideal eye,” said Jack Hruska, the previous executive vice chairman of...
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15 Jan

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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