It’s official: On July 1, Doug Herrington will replace Amazon’s outgoing logistics czar Dave Clark as head of the e-commerce giant’s sprawling retail business. CEO Andy Jassy announced the succession plans in a blog post Tuesday morning. Notably, the news comes with a name change for the organization, formerly known as Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, which is now called the worldwide...
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