Bill Brand is a recognized retail transformer whose visionary leadership has accelerated growth at major national retailers. In 2020, Brand was named CEO of rue21, a fashion retailer with nearly 700 stores in 45 states, a robust ecommerce business at www.rue21.com and millions of social followers. The rue21 vision is to deliver “Affordable Fashion, Accessible to All.” The privately-held retailer tapped Brand to lead the company’s evolution in becoming a strong customer-centric, omni-channel brand. As former president of HSN and chief marketing officer of HSNi he is respected for galvanizing and driving results-focused teams. A storyteller at his core, Brand launched his executive career leading programming and production teams at Lifetime Television and VH1.