Anna Layton

Anna Layton is an accomplished sales, inventory, and merchandising executive with a proven track record of delivering substantial revenue growth for global retail brands and department stores. She is a strategic planning leader with deep operational knowledge and sharp market analysis abilities, blending financial planning, product innovation, marketing, and business development acumen. With expertise in merchandise, business, and store planning, inventory and procurement, distribution and allocation, merchandise assortment, localization, and people-centric leadership, Anna is consistently recognized for increasing profitability through process creation, improvement, workflow optimization, and systems implementation. She is also passionate about developing a strategic vision, driving new business development, and creating cross-functional relationships.

Anna has studied Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology at the University of Iowa. She has held several senior leadership positions, including Sr Director Omnichannel Planning & Inventory Management at Petco, Head of US Merchandising: Omni/Multi-Channel Planning, Buying, Allocation at Pandora, Director, Retail Planning and Allocation at Under Armour, Sr. Manager, Third Party at EXPRESS, Planning Manager, Ecommerce at EXPRESS, Senior Merchandise Planner, Ecommerce at EXPRESS, Merchandise Planner at Abercrombie & Fitch, and Buyer at Von Maur.