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Mary Jane SHEA
International Association of Department Stores (IADS)
Head of CSR & Innovation
Description
29, has been Head of CSR & Innovation at the International Association of Department Stores (IADS) since March 2021. She started her career in finance and business operations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the United States before moving to Paris to learn more about the innovation and startup ecosystem in Europe, which has led her to focus her research on sustainability topics.
Born and raised in Texas, she graduated from Texas A&M University in 2015 with a finance degree with a certificate in commercial banking and received her MBA from The American Business School Paris in entrepreneurship and international business in 2020.
The International Association of Department Stores (IADS) was founded in 1928 by department stores at a pivotal moment of their existence, facing the evolution of their industry. At the time, founding members were concerned to apply the latest management ideas to department stores, the leading retailing format of the time, as well as to learn from each other.
Almost a century later, IADS’ role remains central in a retail world saturated with information, where the industry players are facing many challenges: digital competition, society changes, sustainability concerns and deep changes in consumption patterns. It is today the most exclusive and oldest professional association of Department Stores in the world.
The Association gathers today a group of 12 members across the world, with various sizes or business models, all leaders on their respective markets, which represents more than €31bn cumulated annual turnover, achieved through over 490 department stores with 233,000 associates. The wide variety of business models and cultures provide the Association and its members with a richness in the exchange which is all the more valuable for the solutions and thought-provoking debates that it generates.
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