The Athlete’s Foot (TAF), has expanded its marketing team with the promotion of two key executives. Darius Billings has been promoted to VP of Marketing: Community Engagement and StAART and Cassidy Dansberry to Marketing Manager. Billings will lead all US brand and community engagement efforts along with the StAART program (Strategic African American Retail Track). […]
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Denny’s Corporation has appointed Sherri Landry as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Landry joins Denny’s from CEC Entertainment where she served as Chief Marketing Officer overseeing multiple brands, including Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza. She has also held marketing leadership roles at Pizza Hut, T.G.I. Fridays, Sara Lee and Procter and […]
Gong cha, the world’s premier bubble tea brand with more than 1,900 locations in 22 countries, is expanding its Gong cha Americas team. Missy Maio has been named Director of Brand & Consumer Marketing. Maio is a 25-year veteran in the QSR and hospitality industry, with 15 years supporting the growth of the beverage category […]
Taylor Corp. has joined forces with Acrylic Design Associates (ADA). ADA is a premier, large-scale manufacturer and merchandiser of signage, fixtures and architectural elements across a variety of industries throughout the U.S. ADA is also the pioneer of Recrylic, the world’s first certified 100% recycled and recyclable acrylic product line. “The addition of ADA will […]
Laminators Inc. has promoted part-owner Garrett Thompson, to V.P., Sales & Marketing. Thompson has held various positions throughout his 26 years at Laminators. Thompson is responsible for the entire range of marketing planning, market development, sales promotion, and sales activities of the organization. Thompson’s first initiative as VP Sales & Marketing was promoting Joe Tavine […]
White Oak Display & Design, (www.whiteoakdisplay.com), Palmyra, PA, has appointed Chuck White as Flooring Director for its Floor Covering Market team. White has served as Vice President of Marketing since Fall 2021. He will add Director of Flooring to his responsibilities. He worked for Armstrong Floors for 20 years in various marketing management positions.
LG&P, (www.lginstore.com), a Paramus, NJ-headquartered in-store marketing firm, has named Ashley Plaugh as its new Senior Business Director. Plaugh has 15+ years of experience in both the design and retail industries, working with major retailers like The Home Depot, Ross Stores, and Ace Hardware.
Affinity Creative Group, (www.affinitycreative.com), a Mare Island, CA-based brand design firm, has appointed Ari Rollnick as CEO, with ownership stake in the agency. Ari Rollnick is the founder of kabookaboo, a marketing agency based in Miami, FL, serving such brands as Anchor Brewing, Burger King, Constellation Brands and E&J Gallo.
T.M. Shea Products, a Troy, MI-based supplier of display merchandising solutions, celebrating its 40th Anniversary, has announced the launch of a new website at www.tmshea.com. The website will feature stock floor and shelf display systems.
Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed Bart Sichel as EVP, Chief Marketing & Customer Officer. Sichel will oversee integrated marketing strategies for Bed Bath & Beyond, buybuy BABY and Harmon. Sichel has more than 35 years of marketing experience and was CMO at Burlington Stores for eight years.
Smoothie King, the world’s largest smoothie chain, has appointed Marianne Radley Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining Smoothie King, she served as the Chief Brand Officer for YUM! Brands, overseeing Pizza Hut and has also served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Monster Beverage and Anheuser-Busch Beverage InBev.
Kevin Miller has been appointed President & CEO of The Royal Group, (www.trgretail.com), a Cicero, IL-headquartered display and packaging firm. Miller began his career with TRG as a sales representative in 2006. Miller has held several roles, including V.P., Business Development, V.P. & Eastern Regional General Manager.
Royston Group, a leader in the outfitting of retail environments through casework, merchandisers, refrigerated cases and exterior store signage, has created Vector International, an import and consolidation company, to extend product offerings by leveraging its extensive global supplier network and joint ventures in Mexico and China. “We’re committed to developing a broader package of products […]
Raydiant, (www.raydiant.com), has acquired Perch, a leading retail digital shopper marketing platform for in-store product engagement and sales. Integrated into the new Raydiant Shop offering, this acquisition ushers in what will be the only contextual physical and digital retail experience platform. Combined with Raydiant AI and its customer experience platform, Perch’s technology will be able […]
LG&P has appointed industry vet Jackie Galvin as the agency’s new Senior Account Director. Galvin has 25 years of retail and shopper experience, 20+ years of it with Best Buy. She spent the last 10 years in Merchandising working on in-store displays and shopper experiences across the 950-store chain.
Integrated Merchandising Solutions (IMS), (www.imsretail.com), a Morton Grove, IL-headquartered retail marketing and merchandising agency, has appointed Terry Rowinski as Chief Operating Officer. Rowinski brings nearly three decades of experience of operational, technical, and fiscal management to IMS, most recently as the President and COO of PayMedix, a healthcare payment technology solution.
VSBLTY, (www.vsblty.net), a leading software provider of retail analytics technology, has been issued a U.S. Patent for its software platform that allows for specific content to be triggered by biometric and proximity triggers while ensuring the greatest protection for identity and privacy since no data collected is able to be inferred to personally identifiable information. […]
San Francisco Equity Partners (SFEP), a private equity firm, has acquired DGS Retail (DGS), (www.dgsretail.com), a leading provider of décor, signage, fixtures, and displays to customers in the grocery, retail, foodservice and consumer brand end markets. The company provides a single source to help customers improve their environment and consumer experience within brick-and-mortar locations.
Craftsmen Industries has acquired Zane Williams, gaining additional product capabilities in large format printing and banner making. Mark Steele, Craftsmen Industries, CEO, said, “We are excited to welcome the Zane Williams staff to our Craftsmen team.”
Chico’s FAS has appointed former Aveda and Coca-Cola Company executive Leana Less as Sr. V.P., Marketing. A seasoned global marketing leader with 27 years of marketing experience across several category verticals, Less will lead marketing efforts for all three Chico’s FAS brands and outlets – Chico’s, White House Black Market and Soma.