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  • Accenture names former Oracle exec as head of retail

    Jill Standish
    Jill Standish has joined Accenture Consulting and been named senior managing director, retail. As the head of Accenture’s retail practice, Standish will focus on the business strategy and ongoing development and execution of retail industry strategy for clients. She will also manage the company’s retail industry client portfolio.

  • Walmart gets serious about online marketplace

    Walmart has embraced the marketplace model as means to expand its online assortment and gain ground on Amazon where third party sellers already account for half of the company’s unit volume.

  • NRF gets new seat at DC supply chain table

    Joining senior supply chain executives from Lowe’s, Walmart and Amazon on an influential Department of Commerce committee is Jonathan Gold with the National Retail Federation (NRF).

  • Target vets create new consultancy

    Conlego is the name of a new consulting practice established by several former Target executives who hope to leverage their experience to help companies create value through negotiations, partnership and corporate social responsibility.

    The name Conlego means “unifying people for a common purpose,” according to the pair of former Target executives who founded the firm on the premise that more value can be created by finding collaborative ways of working together on solving the business and social challenges every organizations faces.

  • CBL completes two dispositions for $151.5 million

    Chattanooga, Tenn. -- CBL & Associates Properties announced that it has completed $151.5 million ($86.9 million at CBL's share) in dispositions in two separate transactions.

    CBL and its 50/50 joint venture partner sold the Renaissance Center, a 363,000 sq. ft., community shopping center located in Durham, North Carolina.

  • Staples and FTC battle grows more contentious

    The federal judge presiding over the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block a merger between Staples and Office depot urged the parties to resolve their difference, but that seems unlikely given both sides are firmly entrenched in their positions.

  • PayPay cancels expansion in North Carolina over new law

    PayPal announced it is cancelling plans to open a new operations center in North Carolina after the state passed a law that many see as restricting protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The news comes as leaders of the High Point Market, the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, warned that “hundreds and perhaps thousands” of customers will not attend the Market, held in High Point, North Carolina in April, due to their opposition to the new law. The Market attracts retailers, designers, suppliers and manufacturers.

  • Macy’s adds real estate expert to its exec team

    Amid ongoing pressure from investors to maximize the value of its real estate holdings, Macy’s has appointed Douglas W. Sesler as executive VP for real estate, effective April 5.

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