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- VusionGroup strengthens its executive leadership team in North America.
- Mark Propes brings 36 years of retail innovation experience, including numerous executive roles
- Mark will focus on driving high-impact growth through transformational innovation
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Dallas, TX – July 7, 2025— VusionGroup today announced the appointment of Mark Propes as Chief Business Development Officer of Americas, further strengthening its leadership team and accelerating its commitment to transformational innovation in global retail.
With over three decades of experience in retail operations and technology, including numerous executive roles at Walmart, Mark brings unmatched expertise in leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, robotics, and multi-signal systems to drive efficiency and elevate customer experiences at scale. He will focus on expanding strategic relationships with leading retailers and across key verticals such as DIY, grocery, home, and general merchandise.
In his role, Mark will lead efforts to uncover latent business needs and define where VusionGroup’s cutting-edge solutions can deliver previously untapped value across all retail vertical markets. He will also collaborate closely with the company’s product and commercial teams to shape enterprise strategies that anticipate industry shifts and unlock new and transformational capabilities for retail customers.
“Mark’s leadership in store transformation and retail innovation is both rare and invaluable,” said Philippe Bottine – Group Deputy CEO and CEO Americas, VusionGroup. “His customer-first mindset and deep retail insight will play a critical role as we continue expanding our customer base across the world’s top retail brands.”
“Joining VusionGroup is an incredible opportunity to help redefine what’s possible in retail,” said Mark Propes. “I look forward to partnering with innovative retailers across sectors to uncover untapped potential and deliver the next generation of transformative solutions.”
Mark’s appointment reflects VusionGroup’s continued investment in bold leadership and enterprise-scale innovation to help retailers thrive in a dynamic, data-driven future.
About VusionGroup
VusionGroup is the global leader in the digitalization solutions for commerce, serving over 350 large retailer groups around the world in Europe, Asia and North America. The Group develops technologies that create a positive impact on society by enabling sustainable and human-centered commerce.
By leveraging our IoT & Data technologies, we empower retailers to re-imagine their physical stores into efficient, intelligent, connected, and data-driven assets. We unlock higher economic performance, facilitate seamless collaboration across the value chain, enhance the shopping experience, create better jobs, cultivate healthier communities, and significantly reduce waste and carbon emissions.
VusionGroup consist of six families of solutions, harnessing the full potential of IoT, Cloud, Data, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, at the service of the modernization of commerce: SESimagotag (ESL & Digital Shelf Systems), VusionCloud, Captana (computer vision and artificial intelligence platform), Memory (data analytics), Engage (retail media and in-store advertising), and PDidigital (logistics and industrial solutions).
VusionGroup supports the United Nations’ Global Compact initiative and has received in 2023 the Platinum Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, the world’s reference of business sustainability ratings.
VusionGroup is listed in compartment A of Euronext™ Paris and member of the SBF120 Index. Ticker: VU – ISIN code: FR0010282822 – Reuters: VU.PA – Bloomberg: VU.FP www.vusion.com
