Molly Nutter

Assumed leadership following the acquisition of ByGeorge by MML Hospitality, repositioning the business for sustained growth and long-term relevance. Lead brand and merchandising strategy, organizational direction, and full P&L accountability across the company’s flagship and expanding retail footprint. In addition to ByGeorge, serve as operating partner to two new retail concepts within the MML portfolio: Elle’s, a luxury lingerie boutique, and La Embajada, a homeware and design store. • Defined and executed a clear brand and merchandising point of view across buying, marketing, and clienteling, driving sustained sales growth and improved profitability. • Guided the organization through market volatility, including COVID, maintaining positive revenue and margin performance. • Strengthened the balance sheet, improved sales productivity, and deepened strategic vendor partnerships. • Elevated the brand matrix and secured key partnerships, increasing national visibility and cultural relevance. • Built a high-performing organization grounded in accountability, discernment, and client focus. Select Initiatives • Opened the company’s first out-of-state location and inaugural hotel-based retail concept at Hotel Saint Vincent in New Orleans, developing a market-specific merchandising vision that exceeded revenue projections and achieved the highest sales per square foot in the company. • Launched e-commerce during the pandemic, establishing a new revenue channel and digital platform to showcase product, campaigns, and brand identity. • Migrated from a legacy POS system to Shopify, integrating in-store and online sales and client data to support a connected omnichannel experience. • Launched and scaled a beauty category to drive client acquisition and incremental revenue growth.

Advised independent luxury brands on merchandising strategy and brand positioning, helping founders translate creative vision into commercially disciplined retail frameworks.

Led U.S. retail merchandising across a network of more than 25 free-standing stores and leased concessions during the final years of the Phoebe Philo era, overseeing execution of global product strategy and translating it into U.S. retail performance. Oversaw buying, planning, visual merchandising, clienteling, marketing, and retail training across all U.S. retail locations. • Executed merchandising strategy for the opening of five U.S. free-standing stores, ensuring alignment with global brand direction while driving new market performance. • Advanced the leather goods business by opening multiple concessions within Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue and converting select wholesale doors to a concession model. • Led the leather goods category through a product transition, introducing new bag families to stabilize and strengthen overall performance. • Led the U.S. retail organization through a global service excellence program, achieving the highest company-wide scores for client experience and customer information capture. • Supported the brand through a creative direction transition, partnering with the U.S. President to align the organization and onboard new leadership.

Over a 19-year tenure, advanced from merchandising assistant to Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager, ultimately leading a $100M Women’s Ready-to-Wear, Swim, and Lingerie divisions across multiple U.S. locations. Directed brand strategy, assortment, and commercial performance while building a high-performing buying team. • Championed emerging designers with a distinct point of view that differentiated Barneys and reinforced its market authority, later elevating the contemporary business. • Reintegrated the Co-Op concept into Barneys New York, aligning it with the broader women’s designer business and strengthening cohesion across the floor. • Negotiated exclusive designer partnerships and led private label strategy to drive differentiation and margin growth.