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Walmart beauty exec retires

April 20, 2020 by MMR beauty, Jody Pinson, retiring, Walmart 2020, Issue 04-20-20, Issues

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Jody Pinson, one of the most respected faces in mass market beauty retailing, has retired after 30 years at Walmart. Pinson held myriad positions through the years at Walmart, from tagging apparel in a warehouse to participation in the management training program. She was promoted to a buyer role in 1999 and

L’Oréal’s Fondu left her mark

November 14, 2016 by David Pinto David Pinto, Karen Fondu, L’Oréal, L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline, retiring 2016, Issue 11-14-2016, Issues, Opinion

Karen Fondu is retiring. Those industry people not fortunate enough to have known and worked with her these many years may not realize just how that is a loss not easily recompensed. For she has been, for 37 years, one of the most remarkable people the mass retailing community has produced, and one of the