Terrand Smith
About
A consummate retail professional, Terrand Smith oversaw close to $1 billion in revenue during her 15+ year long career in corporate retail. Working at the headquarters of CVS, Sears/Kmart, 7-Eleven, and Steelcase, she managed, grew, and restored categories with thousands of products and hundreds of vendor partners in over 15,000 retail outlets.
Her strengths were in optimizing product assortments; establishing pricing strategies; developing impactful promotions; improving inefficiencies; negotiating with vendors; developing innovations and managing profit & loss statements. These strengths allowed her to drive significant growth in sales, market share, profitability and new business models for her companies.
Smith is now the Founder and CEO of 37 Oaks, a Chicago-based commerce development & learning laboratory that educates and prepares entrepreneurs for growth through e-commerce, wholesale, storefront & popup markets. Strengthening and revitalizing communities through commerce is not only her mission, but her responsibility.
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