Saks World has simply crammed two essential retailer positions.
Matt Dunphy has been named senior vice chairman of retailer progress and experiences for Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, a brand new function within the firm. Christina DeGrezia has been named vice chairman and normal supervisor of the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship in Manhattan.
Each executives will report back to Mary McGreevy, the chief shops officer for Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.
“Our shops are the final word expression of our manufacturers and the foundational cornerstone of the client expertise,” McGreevy mentioned in an announcement Friday revealing the appointments. “Matt and Christina will play pivotal roles in bringing our ‘The Artwork of You’ imaginative and prescient to life, driving progress and innovation throughout our retailer portfolio.” The Artwork of You is the corporate’s strategic imaginative and prescient specializing in personalised experiences, leveraging buyer information, new expertise, and constructing stronger partnerships with manufacturers.
Saks indicated that Dunphy can be chargeable for “shaping and executing the Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus shops’ progress technique, maximizing the potential of the shop fleet and serving to to redefine the in-store buyer expertise.” He may even be “championing innovation throughout the shop expertise.”
Previous to becoming a member of Saks World, Dunphy spent 16 years at Bloomingdale’s in varied management roles, together with most not too long ago serving as vice chairman, regional director of shops within the Northeast and Midwest areas.
DeGrezia is returning to Saks Fifth Avenue, the place she spent practically a decade in retailer management roles, together with as soon as serving as normal supervisor of the New York flagship. She is going to oversee all aspects of the long-lasting flagship’s enterprise, “empowering” her groups to domesticate lasting relationships with clients and creating immersive activations. DeGrezia additionally joins Saks World from Bloomingdale’s, the place she served as senior director, normal supervisor of the 59th Avenue flagship in Manhattan.
DeGrezia succeeds Matt Brown, who was promoted in August to senior vice chairman, regional director of Saks World shops within the South.
Earlier this week, Saks World reorganized its prime administration to chop prices and enhance relations with manufacturers and distributors, positioning its chief government officer, Marc Metrick, to be extra instantly concerned with model companions. Among the many adjustments, Emily Essner, president and chief industrial officer; Invoice Bine, chief transformation officer for Saks World, and Rob Brooks, the chief working officer, left the corporate. Bine accepted one other job throughout the expertise business. Duties have been assigned to remaining executives. Kim Miller, president of the Saks Off fifth off-price division, has been named chief buyer officer, a brand new function at Saks World.
Mary McGreevy

