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• Gibu Thomas, Wal-Mart's former head of mobile and digital, moves to PepsiCo to lead a big e-commerce expansion.
• Yum! Brands appoints Brian Cornell, former CEO of Target, to its Board of Directors.
• Linda Boff takes charge as CMO of General Electric.
• Symantec taps Salesforce executive Dan Rogers as CMO.
• Dion Rooney, the chief who built the omnichannel strategy for Toys “R” Us, will nowlead the digital division of Hudson's Bay Company.
• Terence Reilly becomes Senior VP and CMO of Crocs Inc.

• Gartner is looking to hire VP, Digital Marketing.
• NBCUniversal is seeking a Chief Marketing Officer, Content Innovation Agency.
• JPMorgan Chase is looking for VP, Digital Marketing Strategy-Acquisition.
• Voya Financial (formerly ING U.S.) is looking to hire Chief Digital Officer.
• Luxottica Group is looking for Director of Media.
• Michael Page is looking for VP, Marketing.
• Demandware is recruiting Vice President, Corporate Marketing.
• Walgreens is seeking a Vice President, Regional Accounts.

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• Hot on the heels of CVS, which opened its Digital Innovation Lab in June, Philips opens its first HealthSuite Labs co-creation center, spurring digital healthcare innovation.
• SAP’s big idea for turning big data into business context lends a helping hand to enterprises in their digital transformation journey.
• Blackberry acquires Good Technology for $425M to bolster its pivot to software strategy (and perhaps its potential to be a patent troll?).
• Payment firm Stripe, now worth $5B, launches Relay, helping stores create native in-app buying experiences and even enable their customers buy right from their tweets.
• Meanwhile, Paypal partnered with Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s Backstage to create a unified buying experience online, on mobile and in-store.
• Competing neck and neck with Apple Pay, Google made Android Pay available across the United States.
• The Apple-Cisco deal, coming about a year after Apple’s collaboration with IBM, tells us more than what Apple announced. Seemingly, it is now more willing to cater to enterprises.
• IBM buys StrongLoop to add Node.js API Development to its cloud platform; the corporation also helps automakers build Internet of Things connected vehicles

• Former SVP, Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer at Campbell’s, Darren Serrao takes helm at ConAgra Foods as Chief Growth Officer
• Reverse commute! LVMH, the world's largest luxury house and parent company of brands like Louis Vuitton, Dior and TAG Heuer, appoints former Apple exec Ian Rogers as LVMH Chief Digital Officer.
• Former head of strategy at AOL, John Frelinghuysen joins Disney/ABC Television Group as Executive VP of Digital Media, Strategy and Business Development
• CMO and Head of Digital at Yahoo Kathy Savitt to join STX Entertainment
• Thomas Cook's Ex-CEO Harriet Green joins IBM as VP and GM of two new business units — IoT and education division
• Marci Piasecki takes over as President of North America for inVentiv Health GSW ad agency where consumer and digital media make up 45% of the work.

• Citi is looking to hire Retail Services - Chief Marketing Officer, The Home Depot
• MasterCard is looking for Vice President, Digital Wallet & Alternative Channel Engagement
• Tommy Hilfiger requires Vice President, E-Commerce
• Macy’s is looking for Vice President, Marketing Analytics
• Gap Inc. is looking for Vice President, Global Reach Marketing
• Warner Bros is currently looking for Director of Digital Marketing
• McDonald's requires Global Digital Media Director

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• Digital health gaining steam. CVS in fast-follow mode expanding telehealth pilot program after Walgreens expansion of its telehealth services with MDLive
• Meanwhile, the two pharma giants appear to be taking opposing strategies to in-store clinic. Walgreens might be looking at outsourcing while CVS doubles down on self-owned-operated clinics. Alignment of digital systems in clinic and hospitals a factor.
• Bayer getting into VC business for incubating digital health startups
• Somewhat reminiscent of CableLabs in the cable operator business, the consortium of J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley form new entity for common data services
• American Eagle in fourth straight quarter of revenue growth and CEO Jay Schottenstein says “new [mobile] app and omni-channel tools are driving incremental sales and providing platform for future growth”
• Nordstrom says it gets omni-channel and is increasing investment in mobile - rolling out features at a rate three times faster than in 2014

• iPad sales fall 24% YoY. Apple trying partnerships with business software companies to stem the tide
• Adobe study confirms what you already knew - we are all addicted to email - gives suggestions for more effective email marketing
• On the heels of its announcement with Novartis on glucose-sensing contact lenses, Google spreads further - Google will develop bandage-sized glucose monitoring devices
• Oracle makes “tuck in” acquisition of Maximiser, tool for advertisers, to add to its Marketing Cloud amidst criticism of slow integration of acquired components
• Magento partners with New Relic to bring application performance monitoring to its E-commerce customers
• Google Wi-Fi router OnHub: WSJ product review

• After an eighteen-year stint, American Eagle marketing veteran Michael Leedy steps down
• “Hyper-focused on merging digital and in-store experiences”, Target creates COO role that will bring store, properties and supply chain to “deliver consistent experience across channels”
• eBay appoints former Home Depot exec Suzy Deering as CMO
• Air New Zealand announces Chief Digital Officer role and a mission to be “one of the best digital airlines globally”
  

• Discovery Communications is looking for VP - Strategy & Digital Solutions
• Macy’s looking to hire Vice President Center Core - Brand Management
• The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is looking for Vice President, Global Digital & E-Commerce Design
• UnitedHealth Group is looking for VP, Digital Marketing
• Johnson & Johnson's is recruiting for a Product Director, Digital
• Morgan Stanley is looking for Assistant Vice President - Digital Strategy
• Medtronic is looking for Digital Strategy Director
• Citigroup is looking for VP, Digital Marketing
• Wells Fargo seeks Director of Digital Core Experience

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• Starbucks CEO says digital efforts are “paramount” and credits Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman for becoming “as relevant to our customers on the phone as inside the Starbucks”
• Arrow Electronics Chief Digital Officer Matt Anderson talks about building knowledge capital through acquisitions and how to free yourself from corporate budget cycles for digital investments
• Public sector digital transformation - Government of Australia Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull calls for the government’s “wider use of digital platforms” that a study claims can brings benefits valued at AU$20.5B
• Can retailers “out-Amazon Amazon”? Macy’s expands same-day delivery while Satish Jindel, logistics expert, questions its value
  
• Gavin Michael, head of digital at Chase follows up its #1 ranked mobile app with upgrade of its chase.com site used by 37 million customers. Mark Schwanhausser of Javelin strategy weighs in on “putting the person back in personal finance”

• Amid rumors of tepid sales, Apple expands Watch distribution through Best Buy, the No. 1 seller of Apple products and Apple’s historic frenemy
• Ovum releases a report on digital marketing platforms comparing Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce and others. Analyst says Adobe still executing well but Oracle exploiting Adobe’s lack of eCommerce
• Forbes contributor says Microsoft is proving the market for a laptop/tablet hybrid with Surface while USA Today reports Microsoft (mostly) nails Windows 10 upgrade
  

• Toys “R” Us exec moves to Barnes & Noble as its Chief Digital Officer amidst challenging times and breakup of company
• Ex-HP and VMware executive Paul Chapman joins Box as CIO and gives himself a long list of sky-high objectives
• Former Oracle Cloud exec Abhay Parasnis resurfaces as Adobe CTO for Cloud Services and hints at potential competition with Box, Dropbox
• Cisco brings in Kevin Bandy as its Chief Digital Officer and makes him responsible (according to his LinkedIn page) to “grow cloud, software and affiliated services”

• What do you do on a date? Barry Sommers, CEO of Chase Consumer Banking - you do some hiking, catch a movie, some good eats and yes, do some digital banking. Infographic here.
• Telemedicine innovator MDLIVE and CEO Randy Parker close $50M funding to expand acquisitions and consumer reach ……
• ......even as MDLIVE partner Walgreens and VP of Digital Health at Walgreens, Adam Pellegrini, announce expansion of the service to three more states
• JC Penney CEO-designee Marvin Ellison discusses comeback plan using second-mover power and omnichannel
• General Electric takes Internet of Things forward in appliances with IFTTT partnership. We are predicting a GE Pavlov’s Fridge next to keep you from hitting the pizza before you hit the gym
• You’ve got to trust us on this one! It’s a coincidence that Target.com President Jason Goldberger said Amazon.com is beatable leveraging omnichannel around the time Photon CEO blogged the same position
• Walmart CEO Doug McMillon expounds on importance of omnichannel, plans to invest heavily in e-commerce and hints at overhaul of and/or new associate-facing apps
• Instructive discussion with Chandra Dhandapani, SVP, CIO and Digital Transformation Leader at Capital One Financial. Interestingly “changing the way we work” is the first of her three priorities
• Adobe CIO Gerri Flickinger gives her perspective on roles of CIO, CMO and CDO

• Apple Pay increases appeal to retailers with ability to accept store-branded cards.
• Panasonic and Thinaire collaborate to produce more more intelligent out-of-home ad units.
• Mr. Ellison is at it again. Oracle “going to WAR” against AWS cloud prices. Hype or click bait? You decide.
• Will Apple replace iPhone home button with Apple Watch like approach, Glances and Force Touch?

• Samsung names new marketing, creative chiefs for its US ops
• McDonald's appoints Silvia Lagnado Global Chief Marketing Officer
• Alissa Montbriand appointed VP of Global Integrated Marketing Communications at Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
• American Apparel names Brian McHale as CIO and says Brian will collaborate with CDO Thory Stephens to” develop and expand digital capabilities”
• COO / CFO moves: Donald Grimes goes to Neiman Marcus as COO and CFO
  
• CVS Health announces ex-Digitas exec as CMO

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Photon Partners with Slyce

Photon, the world's largest and fastest growing provider of omni-channel and digital experiences and Slyce Inc, the leading provider of mobile visual product search technology, announced the signing of a partnership agreement. The agreement will see Slyce become Photon's provider of mobile visual product search technology and teams from the two companies will closely collaborate on joint solutions concerning the creation of innovative mobile experiences for major retailers, involving visual product search.

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• EVP of omnichannel at JCPenney discusses how they leverage visual search to bolster mobile commerce, manage tighter retail space
• JCPenney Gets Traffic Back to 2011 Levels, leverages “second mover” advantage 
• Target rewrites it’s omni-channel strategy - successes and hiccups reviewed.
• Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s to Offer Uber-Like Tailoring Service for Web Orders.
• Target and More Team Up With Shazam For Instantly Shoppable Ads.
• Visa Inc and Verifone join forces to accelerate Omnichannel globally.

• Adobe will become more of a marketplace with its Fotolia service
• Watch WWDC Apple announcements to expect: Apple TV, Macs, Beats Music, iOS 9, OS X 10.11
• Oracle Marketing Cloud adds New Omnichannel Mobile Capabilities
• Microsoft 10 is coming! Review of capabilities, Microsoft’s challenges

• 27 Executives Win 2015 Retail Innovator Awards
• Men's Warehouse names New Chief Digital Officer.
  
• Former Target and JCPenney President Michael Francis joins Xcel board of directors
• Kwittken hires Adam L. Snyder as Chief Digital Officer

• Future Stores Conference - June 23 - 25, 2015 - See Event
• ICX (Interactive Customer Experience) Summit Chicago June 28-30 - See Event
• Omnichannel Shopper IIR Chicago, IL July 20-22, 2015 -See Event

• Cigna Health looking for Global Head of Digital Marketing
• Director of Strategy & Innovation at CVS Health 
• Estee Lauder Companies Online is actively looking for a Director, Omnichannel
• Global Digital Product Director at McDonald’s 
• Mattel Inc. looking for Director, Digital Brand Marketing

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