Full Name
Kathy Kimple
Job Title
Chief Retail Officer
Company Name
FitForCommerce
Speaker Bio
Kathy Kimple is the Chief Retail Officer at FitForCommerce, where she leverages her 25+ years
of leadership in digital and store operations for multichannel retailers, with a focus on luxury
brands.
Kathy began her career at The Children’s Place, where she worked up the ranks to Divisional VP Store Operations. After that, she was at Linens N Things for almost 20 years, ending her time there as Corporate VP of Marketing, Ecommerce and Product Development. She was accountable for the success of all internet merchandising, operations and gift registry programs and initiated and implemented many omnichannel projects. She then went on to become VP of Ecommerce at Dick’s Sporting Goods, where she had complete P+L responsibility for their ecommerce business.
Prior to joining FitForCommerce, Kathy was Executive VP of Ecommerce and Registry at XO Group (including TheKnot.com) where she had complete responsibility for the ecommerce business (10 sites) and their successful registry business.
Kathy’s FitForCommerce work has included mobile commerce strategy, technology selection
and organizational design at clients such as Aden & Anais, Alexander Wang, Arena Swimwear, Ascena Retail, Calvin Klein, Cleaner’s Supply, Coastal Construction Products, Cornerstone Brands, David’s Bridal, Gallup, Gucci, GameStop, HDS Global, Kenneth Cole, MasterCard Advisors, Perry Ellis, Rachel Roy, Revman/Kaltex, Lonely Planet, Our Campus Market, Orchard Mile, Puma, RevZilla MotorSports, Stein Mart, Steve Madden, The Home Depot, Thoroughbred Diesel, and many more.
Kathy has B.A. in History and Political Science from Douglass College, Rutgers University.
of leadership in digital and store operations for multichannel retailers, with a focus on luxury
brands.
Kathy began her career at The Children’s Place, where she worked up the ranks to Divisional VP Store Operations. After that, she was at Linens N Things for almost 20 years, ending her time there as Corporate VP of Marketing, Ecommerce and Product Development. She was accountable for the success of all internet merchandising, operations and gift registry programs and initiated and implemented many omnichannel projects. She then went on to become VP of Ecommerce at Dick’s Sporting Goods, where she had complete P+L responsibility for their ecommerce business.
Prior to joining FitForCommerce, Kathy was Executive VP of Ecommerce and Registry at XO Group (including TheKnot.com) where she had complete responsibility for the ecommerce business (10 sites) and their successful registry business.
Kathy’s FitForCommerce work has included mobile commerce strategy, technology selection
and organizational design at clients such as Aden & Anais, Alexander Wang, Arena Swimwear, Ascena Retail, Calvin Klein, Cleaner’s Supply, Coastal Construction Products, Cornerstone Brands, David’s Bridal, Gallup, Gucci, GameStop, HDS Global, Kenneth Cole, MasterCard Advisors, Perry Ellis, Rachel Roy, Revman/Kaltex, Lonely Planet, Our Campus Market, Orchard Mile, Puma, RevZilla MotorSports, Stein Mart, Steve Madden, The Home Depot, Thoroughbred Diesel, and many more.
Kathy has B.A. in History and Political Science from Douglass College, Rutgers University.
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