Sprouts: Pioneer in Health and Wellness
Join Shelley and Nick Konat, President and COO of Sprouts, as they reveal why the retailer has a laser focus on the $300 billion health enthusiast segment.
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Gap’s Dream Team or The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Gap is chasing relevance with beauty, handbags, and a dream team of seasoned luxury executives. But the real story is one of classic retail tension: fix the core problem, or chase the bright, shiny new thing?
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Dillard’s Gets Department Store Retail Right
Dillard’s isn’t flashy—in certain circles, it’s been called “Dullard’s.” Yet it has remained a safe harbor in an increasingly turbulent retail market that has battered its department store rivals.
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Sharon Price John Builds the Case for Collaborative Leadership
Sharon John stepped into Build-A-Bear Workshop 12 years ago seamlessly and successfully following Founder Maxine Clark’s retirement. While the boardroom predicted disaster, Sharon orchestrated a textbook turnaround. A veteran of Mattel, she preserved Maxine’s vision and 28-year-old brand legacy and maintained the culture while driving transformation, proving that respect for the past and immediate results aren’t mutually exclusive.
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Sharon Price John Balances Pragmatism with Imagination
Price John recruited executives from multi-billion-dollar companies, deliberately building a team of high-performers positioned for their next career leap. She offered them stretch opportunities that would accelerate both individual growth and the Build-A-Bear Workshop‘s organizational transformation.
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Furner’s New Job Is Clear: What About McMillon’s Next One?
You could imagine McMillon will follow a usual course of other retired executives by joining prestigious public company boards, giving speeches and perhaps writing a book. But wait, maybe there’s more.
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Jens Grede Is a Retail Radical
Kim Kardashian is the brand’s guiding force, as well as creative director. “She’s unbelievably involved every single day in making the product experience exactly what she wants it to be, and my role is more to facilitate that,” says CEO Jens Grede.
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A New CEO in a Turnaround Needs a Full Deck of Cards
A turnaround is a bumpy ride, complete with false starts, exhilarating successes and disappointing failures. A new CEO must have the personal fortitude to recognize the successes and failures of their efforts and be willing to course correct as necessary.
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Jack Sinclair Is a Retail Radical
The Innovation Center, branded as the “New for You Destination” in each Sprout’s store started popping up in new stores in 2021 and serves as both discovery zone and product incubator, giving entrepreneurial food companies a platform to introduce unique products. For customers, it creates a reason to return frequently and give them the opportunity to be trendsetters by offering them new and unique offerings.
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Cyndi Rhoades Leads for Global Change
Cyndi is an entrepreneur and CEO of Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems and uses her secret power of determination and patience to run a business to solve a global problem. She adds that building a textile recycling business that aims to drive an industry that doesn’t quite yet exist means you have to have vision and conviction.
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