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Radicals Awards 2019

By The Robin Report   |   March 5, 2019

Macy’s, Estée Lauder, Levi’s, Petco Execs Among Finalists for the Robin Report’s First-Ever Radicals Awards

March 5th ceremony to honor retail and consumer goods visionaries in era of digital distractions.

New York: February, 2019: The Robin Report (TRR), a daily digital report providing unbiased, strategic analysis and insights about retail, and consumer products industries, has named 10 finalists for its inaugural Robin Report Radicals Award. Presented in collaboration with SAP, the 10 finalists represent a broad list of innovators who have found solutions for legacy retailers and brands at a time when brick-and-mortar stores are losing dollars to newer, pure digital destinations.

The finalists are:

Andrew Clarke, President, LOFT- ascena retail group, Former EVP, Chief Merchant, Justice – ascena retail group and Sara Tervo, Chief Marketing Officer, Justice – ascena retail group
David Katz – Chief Marketing Officer, Randa Accessories
Marc Mastronardi – EVP, Innovation & Business Development, Macy’s
Tricia Nichols – Senior Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Estée Lauder
David Olsen – CEO, Cos Bar
Graham Poliner – Senior Vice President, Strategy and Analytics, Macy’s
Marc Rosen – EVP and President, Direct-to-Consumer, Levi Strauss & Co
Mili Seoni – Head of Business Development, ascena retail group
Brock Weatherup – Chief Strategic Innovation & Digital Experience Officer, Petco
Doug Wood – CEO, Tommy Bahama

The Awards will be held on Tuesday, March 5, at Shoptalk in Las Vegas where the finalists will be celebrated and TRR will announce the winner of the “2019 Radical of the Year Award.” The winner will be determined by a distinguished jury consisting of industry veterans Paul Charron, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liz Claiborne; Mark Cohen, Director of Retail Studies/Adjunct Professor of Business, Columbia Business School; Michael Gould, former Chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale’s; Joe Gromek, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Warnaco Group; Matt Laukaitis, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Industries North America at SAP; Steve Sadove, Principal at Stephen Sadove and Associates/former CEO Saks Fifth Avenue and Andrea Weiss, founding Partner, The O Alliance.

TRR defines Radicals by their ability to transform legacy businesses to increase their value for today’s consumers. Radicals anticipate the future, recognize how to make their brands customer-centric and snap their companies out of the past to create new models.

“Radicals are entrepreneurs in systems that resist change, and they are vital today because they are rewriting the rules of major brands and iconic retailers,” explained TRR CEO Robin Lewis, who also described them as digitally fluent and comfortable living without borders. “As we watch industry titans like Sears, Kmart, Toys R Us, The Limited and Radio Shack shutter their doors after years of building successful store empires, it becomes clearer to me that taking a radical approach to retail-rather than adopting a pack mentality-is the way to succeed. Radicals can help save our legacy institutions.”

“The retail industry needs and craves Radicals because that’s where the real change happens,” SAP’s Matt Laukaitis added. “If you look at what’s been going on for the last 50 years in retail, any significant change has always been the result of someone taking a risk, thinking a little bit differently than their industry peers, getting out of that comfort zone and really making effective change.”

About The Robin Report

The Robin Report (TRR) is a knowledge-based communications and information platform. It provides strategic vision on major topics in the new-world and old-world retail sectors and related consumer product industries. TRR delivers provocative, unbiased analysis and insights on retail, brands and consumer products. It covers industry-wide issues, company-specific topics, competitive analysis and trends, research studies, and consumer phenomena throughout the retail, apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty, home, and related industries. TRR is distributed through daily online posts to senior and C-level executives across the targeted industries. Additionally, executive briefings and industry events bridge TRR theory to practice.

Learn more about the 10 finalists at www.therobinreport.com

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About The Robin Report

The Robin Report provides insights and opinion on major topics in the retail apparel and related consumer product industries. It delivers provocative, unbiased analysis on retail, brands and consumer products, and covers industry-wide issues, trends and consumer behavior throughout the retail-related industries. The RR is distributed to senior and C-level executives across the industry. Additionally, The RR produces executive briefings and industry events.

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