Connections: Bold Strategies hires former Walmart exec for COO role

Matt Parry of Fayetteville is the new chief operating officer at Bold Strategies, an e-commerce marketing agency based in Rogers.

Parry most recently served as the head of Walmart’s customer experience (CX) team. Before that he held multiple leadership positions at UK-based OxfordSM and at Procter & Gamble.

Bold Strategies helps clients with their online marketplace and direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce efforts. Allan and Lisa Peretz started Bold in 2017. The company has approximately 30 full-time employees in the U.S. and reported a revenue growth rate of 1,781% from 2017 to 2020.

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