Former Saks CEO On Retailâs Big 2018 Holiday Jump The holiday season brought various gifts to merchants, including an 8 percent year-over-year growth in apparel sales â one of the largest such increases in memory. In a new PYMNTS interview, Steve Sadove, senior advisor for Mastercard and former CEO of Saks, tells Karen Webster what made Holiday 2018 so different for retail, and why 2019 will be the year of the brand â and the stories about them. |