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4 Apr

Mother’s Day Awards Will Honor Three Influential Women in

Mother’s Day Awards Will Honor Three Influential Women in
The forty fifth annual Outstanding Mother Awards will honor three women across retail, beauty and technology on May 11 at The Pierre Hotel in Recent York. They're Monica Arnaudo, chief merchandising officer of Ulta Beauty; Tracey Travis, executive vp and chief financial officer at The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc., and Elizabeth Buchanan, chief business officer at Rokt. Laurie Dowley, chairman of the National Mother’s Day Committee, said, “This 12 months’s honorees are leaders in every sense of the word — navigating impressive careers and supporting their families and communities with grace, compassion and determination. We stay up for recognizing their contributions as moms, executives and role models.” Hosted by mistress of ceremonies Natalie Pasquarella, NBC 4 Recent York anchor, this 12 months’s...
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7 Feb

David Simon Not Expecting More Retail Acquisitions, for Now

David Simon Not Expecting More Retail Acquisitions, for Now
David Simon likes his position in retail — a type of side hustle for his mall giant Simon Property Group — but he’s content to be the one accepting the rent payments and doesn’t expect to purchase more retailers within the near term.  Partially, that’s since the business of being a landlord is paying up for Simon.  For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the true estate group’s net income increased 33.9 percent to $673.8 million, or $2.06 a diluted share, from $503.2 million, or $1.53, a 12 months earlier. Comparable funds from operations — a normal yardstick amongst retail real estate corporations — inched as much as $1.18 billion from $1.17 billion.  The retail portfolio shifted some throughout the group.  On a conference call with...
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24 Dec

These Black Owned FemTech Firms Brought Retail Innovation …

These Black Owned FemTech Firms Brought Retail Innovation …
Big data has long had a giant inclusivity problem. Often, AI algorithms are built with systems that may contain racial and gender biases that leave a big group of individuals unseen and unheard. That’s what led Jessica Couch and Brittany Hicks to found consumer insights and consulting firm Fayetteville Road–the name is a play on their North Carolina roots. Graduates of North Carolina State University andNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University respectively, they each learned in regards to the inner working of retail management and recognized a number of the blind spots. “I worked in tech as a product manager for several years for a whole lot of retail tech firms, and I had also gotten my experience...
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22 Dec

Gianvito Rossi on Milan Store Revamp, Retail Push and

Gianvito Rossi on Milan Store Revamp, Retail Push and
MILAN — Gianvito Rossi’s list of fine intentions for the brand new 12 months is brief and pretty straightforward. “To maintain doing what I like, that is gorgeous shoes, and have customers experience the brand in a way that matches the standard of the product,” he said in an interview held at his newly revamped flagship store here. The primary unit launched by the brand, the 1,400-square-foot location opened in 2008 within the historic Nineteenth-century Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi in town’s golden shopping triangle with an interior concept developed in partnership with Milan-based architect Patricia Urquiola, with whom Rossi teamed again for the refurbishing. In sync with Rossi’s approach to his designs, the revamp was more about an evolution of the previous space...
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