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BJ’s new Chief Merchandising Officer hails from Sam’s Club “Stephanie Reibling…most recently (served) as senior vice president, general merchandise manager at Sam’s Club…Earlier in her career, Reibling held divisional merchandising roles at Walmart…She also held leadership roles at Gap Inc.” Press release
Visa says AI could start making purchases for you at Fast Company. “Only about a third are comfortable with AI completing a purchase, and fewer are willing to let it spend without approval. That gap points to a broader issue: trust. “Agentic commerce does not scale unless consumers cross that trust threshold,” says Cooper.” Read more
Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese’s products after criticism at AP
Sam’s Club raises its annual membership fee to $60 at CNBC. “Its new price tag of $60 per year for basic membership and $120 for its higher-tier program will cost less than Costco’s fees, but more than those of BJ’s Wholesale.” Read more
Sally Beauty Holdings Appoints Adrianne Lee as CFO “Ms. Lee…most recently serving as President and CFO at Bed Bath & Beyond.” Press release
AI machine sorts clothes faster than humans to boost textile recycling in China at AP. “Fastsort-Textile sorts through 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of clothes in two to three minutes , compared to around four hours for one worker to do the same thing.” AP
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