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Afterpay Hires Ex-Airbnb Official For Global Marketing

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Geoff Seeley, former Airbnb marketing official, is now working with payment company Afterpay as its global marketing leader. Before that, he worked on digital transformation at Pearson , the world’s biggest education company, and he also worked in marketing at Unilever , Ogilvy and Dentsu Aegis.

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Expedia Leadership Changes Show Power Of Travel Industry Disruption

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Barry Diller, chairman of the board, and Peter Kern, vice chairman and director, will oversee the company’s executive leadership team. travelers feel that brands should tailor their information based on personal preferences or past behaviors.”. Eric Hart, chief strategy officer, will serve as acting CFO.

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Expedia Leadership Shakeup Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption

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Barry Diller, chairman of the board, and Peter Kern, vice chairman and director, will oversee the company’s executive leadership team. travelers feel that brands should tailor their information based on personal preferences or past behaviors.”. Eric Hart, chief strategy officer, will serve as acting CFO.

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For Macy’s and Men’s Wearhouse, No Millennial Tux and Tails Tailwind

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It’s been chronicled in these virtual pages that millennials are the driving force behind change – change in how payments are done, how banking is banked, how social media influences commerce (or doesn’t) and how shopping may become a hybrid of high touch across the digital and physical realms. Now that seems to be true even in fashion.

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American Eagle Leads $3.45M Investment In Dormify

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. “Expanding into additional lifestyle categories has been in direct response to strong customer demand, and our American Eagle and Dormify collaboration was an exciting addition to our online apartment shop,” said Chad Kessler, American Eagle global brand president.

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SoftBank-Backed Brandless Goes Bust

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For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the best brand is no brand at all. Under his leadership, the plan for the brand was to pivot into higher-margin, bigger ticket products such as CBD oil and move Brandless onto store shelves.

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Oh, Baby: The Sharing Economy Comes To Childcare Equipment

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Millennials love to share. They are proportionally comfortable using gig economy services that provide these things, with about a third of millennials working some sort of gig position themselves. and Canada, with 250 trusted partners (independent contractors and mom-and-pop stores) providing gear in those markets.