Lauren Thomas

Reporter

The Wall Street Journal

Lauren Thomas reports on M&A and shareholder activism for The Wall Street Journal in New York. She and her colleagues consistently break market-moving news about the biggest deals and proxy battles, including Coach owner Tapestry's $8.5 billion deal for Michael Kors' parent Capri and Nelson Peltz's run at Disney. Prior to joining the Journal in October 2022, Lauren covered the retail and consumer industry at CNBC. There, she broke news on companies ranging from Peloton to Kohl’s to Lululemon, and frequently appeared on CNBC programming. A native of Spartanburg, S.C., Lauren graduated with high honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied business journalism and Spanish.

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Tuesday

January 16

2:05 pm–2:30 pm

Javits North, Level 5, SAP Theatre

Market Makers Part III: Lessons learned from top leaders impacting retail featuring Barnes and Noble CEO James Daunt

The retail industry looks to individuals who hold significant influence on consumer preferences, trends, and purchasing decisions to learn from and understand their key attributes as “market makers." In this Main Stage session, the NRF features three of retail’s top executives in back-to-back-to-back fireside chats.

Part three of this fireside chat series concludes with Barnes &… Read more