Drew Wilmot Joins Torex Retail North America
Drew Wilmot has joined Torex Retail North America (TRNA) as a senior configuration consultant and will be an important member of the Compass Planning implementation team. The team will provide support for the implementation of the Compass suite of products that includes Merchandise/Financial Planning, Assortment Planning, Allocation, Visual Assortment Management, and Size/Pack Optimization.
Prior to joining TRNA, Wilmot was with JDA Software Group as a senior member of the Consulting Services Group from a business and technical capacity, implementing various software products including Arthur Planning at a number of leading retailers in the U.S. such as Dicks Sporting Goods, Dollar Tree Stores, L.L. Bean, and American Eagle Outfitters. Before JDA, Wilmot also worked for retailers Staples and Hills Stores.
Compass Planning is an award-winning merchandise and assortment planning solution installed in leading retailers in the United States and Europe including: Ann Taylor and Dots in the U.S.; Cortefiel in Spain; Sonae Group in Portugal; Marks & Spencer, Focus, Ethel Austin and House of Fraser, all in the U.K.
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The Parade Magazine honor is just the latest for Hawes, a 7-footer who is headed to the University of Washington, where his father, Jeff, and uncle, Steve, played.
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Gen. Tommy Franks joins Bank of America board
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday that retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks has joined the board of directors of the No. 2 U.S. bank.
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Haiti Joins 'Left Wing' in Latin America
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According to the initial results of the presidential elections last Tuesday in Central American country Haiti, which is known as ‘the backyard’ of the US, the former president, Rene Preval (63), is far ahead of his rivals.
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