RIS has been bestowing its prestigious CIO of the Year Award for the retail industry’s most influential and innovative technologist for over a decade. This year, we are thrilled to present this award to Seemantini Godbole, CIO of Lowe’s.
Apparel retailer and personalized shopping service Stitch Fix has a new CEO at the helm, and 90 days in, he’s looking at the company’s digital strengths in order to craft a long-term strategy that will build on existing efforts.
GNC has appointed a new chief supply chain officer to drive efficiencies and prepare the global health and wellness retailer’s supply chain to meet increased demand for innovative nutrition products. Find out who took the top spot.
There are countless ways to define leadership, but the CEO of the International Institute for Analytics has put some numbers behind things when it comes to specifically defining successful analytics leadership.
Sally Beauty has appointed a group vice president of e-commerce & digital, and Journeys’ parent Genesco has created the new role of senior vice president - chief strategy and digital officer. Find out which two retail execs took the positions.
Wayfair is looking to hire approximately 1,000 technologists to its engineering organization globally over the next year, including an initial 200 positions at each of three new Wayfair engineering sites. Learn what jobs are open to fill from software engineers to analysts and data scientists.
Michelle Borninkhof has been named senior VP and chief information officer of AutoZone, the auto replacement parts retailer and distributor with more than 6,500 stores in North America.
Tech can’t solve all problems, but it can certainly power the gateway to progress. For Elliott Rodgers, Ulta Beauty chief information officer and an RIS News CIO of the Year, technology has indeed been enabler for everything he’s accomplished during his career.
When undergoing a massive digital transformation initiative, retailers expect employee churn and other unexpected obstacles. They do not, however, plan for a pandemic.
