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Beyond Inc. Brings in Slate of Retail Heavyweights for C-Suite

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She has 25+ years of prior merchandising experience running multi-billion-dollar businesses for Target ; Steph Whitacrehas been promoted to SVP and General Manager of Zulily from her previous role as VP, Merchandising. Before that, he spent 16 years at Zappos and began his career in merchandising and operations at Lombardi Sports.

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When Customers Aren’t Holiday Shopping, They’ll be Streaming

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The winter holiday season is a critical time for retail. November and December holiday sales average around 19% of total retail sales, per the NRF , and this share can be even higher for some department stores and specialty retailers. Emarketer anticipates that holiday retail sales will grow 4.5%

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