She brings over 20 years of experience, serving in various leadership roles at retail and consumer brands, such as Target, Gap, Fullbeauty Brands and Quidsi, an Amazon company with ten brands. With the addition of Arel, the Macy’s board will comprise 14 members. Arel will serve on the nominating and corporate governance committee, the company said in a press release.
Macy’s has named Emilie Arel, president and chief executive officer of Casper Sleep, to its board of directors, effective August 15, 2022. Arel oversees all facets of the business, including the commercial and brand strategy, and its wholesale strategy and developing retail partnerships. Macy’s is an American chain of high-end department stores.
Arel is the president and chief executive officer at Casper Sleep, overseeing the company’s comprehensive business strategy, including commercial, brand, and operations. As a three-time CEO with over two decades of experience serving in various leadership roles, she has led complex e-commerce and omnichannel businesses, in addition to retail stores. Previously, Arel served as CEO of Fullbeauty Brands, a plus-size apparel company, where she led the company through a debt restructuring and put them on the path to a digital transformation.
Emilie has earned MBAs from Columbia Business School and the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
“We are pleased to welcome Emilie to the Macy’s board of directors. She brings two decades of impressive, digital-first and brick-and-mortar retail experience to our board, including leading the digital transformation at Fullbeauty Brands and implementing Casper’s omnichannel strategy to drive consistency for consumers. Arel’s experience putting customers at the centre of the shopping experience will benefit our board and the broader organisation as we continue to provide Macy’s, shoppers with a more personalised and immersive brand experience,” Jeff Gennette, chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s, said.
“We are confident Arel’s insights, retail merchandising expertise and proven ability to maximise the customer experience will be a valuable addition to our board as we engage both new and existing customers with our leading assortment of categories, products and brands via our omnichannel ecosystem. We look forward to her contributions as we continue to deliver against our long-term Polaris growth strategy, while positioning Macy’s to capture additional consumer demand and market share. I am honoured to partner with a leading retailer like Macy’s and look forward to leveraging my omnichannel retail experience to build on the momentum the company has achieved in recent years,” Arel said.
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