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Walmart reshapes marketing team

September 16, 2019 by MMR Barbara Messing, Janey Whiteside, Michael Francis, Rich Lehrfeld, Walmart 2019, Issue 9-16-2019, Issues

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has been reconfiguring its marketing team following the August 30 departure of Barbara Messing, who returned to the San Francisco Bay Area after serving as the company’s chief marketing officer for a little over a year. Michael Francis, a former chief marketer at both Target Corp. and Dreamworks, is joining Walmart

Walmart CMO Barbara Messing to depart

August 21, 2019 by MMR Alvis Washington, Barbara Messing, Brittney Duke, chief marketing officer, Ciara Anfield, David Echegoyen, Janey Whiteside, Karissa Price, Michael Francis, Rich Lehrfeld Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, People, Retail News

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart chief marketing officer Barbara Messing, who joined the company in July 2018, plans to leave at the end of this month. Walmart’s marketing team will be reconfigured following Messing’s departure on August 30, according to published reports, which cited an internal memo from chief customer officer Janey Whiteside. Among the changes: