Cara Syvester
Cara Syvester serves as Chief Merchandising Officer at Target Corporation, one of the largest retail chains in the United States. In this role, she oversees the company's merchandising strategy, including product assortment, buying, and category management across Target's broad range of departments. Target operates Roundel, its retail media network, making senior merchandising leadership relevant to the advertising and marketing ecosystem through the intersection of product strategy and retail media. Syvester is a long-tenured Target executive who has held various merchandising and buying roles throughout her career at the company, rising through the ranks to reach the C-suite. Her deep expertise in retail merchandising and category strategy has shaped Target's product offerings and its relationships with brand partners, which intersect with co-marketing and retail media opportunities.
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Bio
Cara Syvester serves as Chief Merchandising Officer at Target Corporation, one of the largest retail chains in the United States. In this role, she oversees the company's merchandising strategy, including product assortment, buying, and category management across Target's broad range of departments. Target operates Roundel, its retail media network, making senior merchandising leadership relevant to the advertising and marketing ecosystem through the intersection of product strategy and retail media. Syvester is a long-tenured Target executive who has held various merchandising and buying roles throughout her career at the company, rising through the ranks to reach the C-suite. Her deep expertise in retail merchandising and category strategy has shaped Target's product offerings and its relationships with brand partners, which intersect with co-marketing and retail media opportunities.