Leadership Reset Kicks Off Retail’s Next Phase

ADWEEK Benefit is a part of a brand new sequence the place each month, our high editors interpret what occurred in every vertical, and what it means for the longer term.A brand new crop of CEOs have arrived to shake up retail.This 12 months noticed an unprecedented variety of management modifications. Government outplacement agency Challenger, Grey & Christmas reported 41 retail CEO exits by way of August in 2025, a 116% year-over-year improve.Walmart and Goal are every making ready for main management modifications. Goal’s Michael Fiddelke and Walmart’s John Furner will turn out to be their respective firm’s new leaders subsequent February. Kohl’s, Walgreens, and Ulta have additionally swapped out their high brass this 12 months.