Marianne Wilson

Marianne Wilson

Editor-in-Chief

Author Profile

Marianne Wilson is Editor-in-Chief of Chain Store Age. With three decades of experience at CSA, she is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced editors in the retail industry.

Over the years, she has been quoted in publications nationwide for her insights on retail, and has also served as a speaker and moderator at major retailing events and conferences in the U.S. and abroad.

Marianne leads the CSA editorial team, overseeing content development across the brand’s digital and print channels. She is also instrumental in the planning and execution of CSA’s annual Breakout Retailer Awards and Retail’s Top Women Awards.

A graduate of Boston University, Marianne loves to travel and seek out new retail wherever she goes. Prior to CSA, she was an editor at Hearst Publications.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

2/27/2020
Wayfair’s losses mount to nearly $1 billion in 2019
Wayfair Inc. can’t seem to find a way to be profitable even as its sales continue to surge.

Marianne Wilson
2/27/2020
Bed Bath & Beyond to streamline operations; cutting 500 corporate jobs
Bed Bath & Beyond is reducing the size of its corporate workforce as it continue efforts to turnaround its ailing business.

Marianne Wilson
2/26/2020
Bath & Body Works has big store expansion plans
L Brands has big plans for its growing Bath & Body Works business.

Marianne Wilson
2/26/2020
Starbucks cites ‘early signs’ of recovery as it reopens stores in China
Things are getting back to normal for Starbucks in China.

Marianne Wilson
2/26/2020
Saks’ parent gets OK from shareholders to become private company
Hudson’s Bay Company is one step closer to going private.

Marianne Wilson
2/26/2020
Chico’s Q4 brings gains across all its brands; Soma leads comeback
Chico’s FAS narrowed its loss in a quarter that, for the first time in six years, brought increases across all its three brands.

Marianne Wilson
2/26/2020
Levi Strauss steps up with important new addition to family-leave benefit
Levi Strauss & Co. is widening the scope of its family benefits program.

Marianne Wilson
2/26/2020
Best Buy tops expectations on strong holiday sales; monitoring coronavirus impact
Best Buy reported its 12th straight quarter of same-store growth fueled by sales of headphones, appliances, mobile phones and tablets during the holiday shopping season.

Marianne Wilson
2/26/2020
J.C. Penney Q4 tops Street but warns sales decline will continue in 2020
J.C. Penney is not expecting much relief anytime soon in its sales performance.

Marianne Wilson
2/25/2020
Nordstrom to partner with first-of-its-type museum
Nordstrom’s newest partner is a museum devoted to the history of beauty and its impact on society.

Marianne Wilson
2/25/2020
NRF is bullish on 2020 retail sales despite uncertainties
The nation’s retail sales will increase between 3.5% and 4.1% in 2020.

Marianne Wilson
2/25/2020
VC firm’s new ‘retail fund’ aims to help online brands enter brick-and-mortar
A real-estate focused venture capital firm closed a $100 million vehicle that aims to invest in emerging brands and retail concepts to accelerate their physical store expansion.

Marianne Wilson