Galleria Promotes Doug Erickson to Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing
CHICAGO – (April 28, 2008) – Galleria Retail Technology Solutions, the leading provider of automated assortment and space planning solutions, today announced Doug Erickson’s promotion to executive vice president of global sales and marketing. Based out of Chicago, Erickson is responsible for growing Galleria’s global business, which currently includes Food Lion, Giant Eagle, Hannaford, Tesco and several other of the world’s top 20 retailers. He will manage Galleria’s U.S. and EMEA sales and marketing teams, reporting directly to the chief executive officer, Ian Duncan-Lewis.
“I am thrilled to take on this new role and continue to drive our global sales growth,” said Erickson. “Galleria provides the latest, advanced retail technology solutions, and I’m dedicated to helping retailers realize their potential to achieve a competitive advantage and provide a superior return on investment.”
Erickson has been with Galleria for more than three years, joining the business when it launched in the U.S. in 2004. He was previously vice president of sales for Irista, Inc., an HK Systems company.
“We are committed to growing our sales team in the U.S. and internationally,” said Duncan-Lewis. “Doug has been instrumental in our success, playing a key role in every customer win since we opened our doors in the U.S. With more than 15 years of sales and management experience, he is ideally suited to this role and I am confident that under his leadership our global sales effort will continue to thrive.”
About Galleria Retail Technology Solutions Galleria is the leading provider of automated store specific assortment and space planning solutions. Galleria’s solutions provide value by integrating with a retailer’s existing systems and resources to deliver the right product to the right stores in the appropriate quantities. The net result is that retailers realize significant benefits from increased sales, enhanced margins, reduced waste/mark-down and accelerated inventory turns. Galleria currently works with customers including Tesco, Food Lion, Hannaford Bros, Giant Eagle and several other of the world’s top 20 retailers. It is currently engaged on 6 implementations of its automated micro assortment and space planning solution in to large-scale live retail environments.
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