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Former CEO of nutritional supplements retailer who led GNC through a global pandemic and a headquarters office move to get back into fashion retail for long-time local fast fashion chain.

Casual women’s retailer Rue21 announced on Monday the appointment of Josh Burris as its chief executive officer and member of the board. 

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The new owner of GNC has made two key appointments to the company’s leadership team.  

The specialty health and wellness retailer announced that Josh Burris will assume the role of CEO, effective immediately. He joined GNC as chief U.S. officer in 2019 and most recently held the role of president, GNC.

Josh Burris, CEO of GNC, at the company’s new headquarters at 75 Hopper Place in Pittsburgh’s 3 Crossings development in the Strip District.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global health and wellness brand GNC today announced that Josh Burris will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and Cam Lawrence will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Burris joined the Company as Chief U.S. Officer in 2019 and most recently held the role of President, GNC. Lawrence joined the Company in 2019 as SVP Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and has acted as Interim CFO over the past several months. Burris will work closely with the GNC Board of Directors in which Yichen Zhang will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Yong Kai Wong will serve as executive Vice Chairman. The appointments follow GNC’s successful restructuring last year, which the Company completed with new ownership, a right-sized store portfolio and clean balance sheet. Today, the Company is well-positioned to capitalize on growth opportunities in the health and wellness space.

PITTSBURGH — GNC has a new office address for its world headquarters and made its new home official with a ribbon cutting celebration on rainy June afternoon.

“Today is obviously a milestone for GNC as we open this new office,” said Josh Burris, CEO of the nutritional supplements retailer, who will also be speaking at the Business Times’ VisionPittsburgh event next Wednesday.

PITTSBURGH, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global health and wellness brand GNC today announced that the Company will be moving to a new headquarters location within the Pittsburgh metro area in early 2022, building on its 85-year history in the city. As the industry continues growing and evolving at a rapid pace, GNC also intends to hire more than 100 new employees over the next few months in Pittsburgh to support its growth and remain at the forefront of new trends in the space. 

PITTSBURGH, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global health and wellness brand GNC today announced that the Company will be moving to a new headquarters location within the Pittsburgh metro area in early 2022, building on its 85-year history in the city. As the industry continues growing and evolving at a rapid pace, GNC also intends to hire more than 100 new employees over the next few months in Pittsburgh to support its growth and remain at the forefront of new trends in the space.

The space, which is three floors and has a 75,000 square-foot layout, is one of the tallest buildings in the Strip District. The space has a fully-functioning GNC campus store at which associates can shop, a creative and production studio, and test kitchen for product innovation. GNC will also have a shared gym for all tenants in the development in order to foster health and wellness, in addition to on-site parking for associates directly across the office.

SECAUCUS, N.J., August 2, 2023 — The Vitamin Shoppe, an omnichannel specialty retailer of nutritional products, today announced that Josh Burris, Chief Executive Officer of rue21, has joined the company as an Advisory Board Member. In this new role, Mr. Burris will provide strategic advice and counsel to The Vitamin Shoppe on a range of business priorities across retail, operations, franchising, wholesale, vendor relationships, international expansion, and other growth and new business initiatives.

SECAUCUS, N.J., August 2, 2023 — The Vitamin Shoppe, an omnichannel specialty retailer of nutritional products, today announced that Josh Burris, Chief Executive Officer of rue21, has joined the company as an Advisory Board Member. In this new role, Mr. Burris will provide strategic advice and counsel to The Vitamin Shoppe on a range of business priorities across retail, operations, franchising, wholesale, vendor relationships, international expansion, and other growth and new business initiatives.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global health and wellness brand GNC today announced that Josh Burris will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and Cam Lawrence will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Burris joined the Company as Chief U.S. Officer in 2019 and most recently held the role of President, GNC. Lawrence joined the Company in 2019 as SVP Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and has acted as Interim CFO over the past several months. Burris will work closely with the GNC Board of Directors in which Yichen Zhang will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Yong Kai Wong will serve as executive Vice Chairman.

Burris brings expertise across specialty retail, as well as health and wellness, to a new advisory role at the omnichannel specialty retailer of nutritional products.

Rue21, the Warrendale, Pennsylvania-based youth and value-oriented fashion chain, has named Josh Burris its new chief executive officer.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global health and wellness brand, GNC, today announced that the company has partnered with Best of the Batch Foundation for its annual “Batch-A-Toys” toy drive from November 7, 2021 through December 21, 2021. The mission of the Batch-A-Toys initiative is to support Pittsburgh area families in need during the holiday season.

PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global health and wellness brand GNC today announced an exclusive agreement with Walmart and will begin selling a select assortment of products in their stores and Walmart.com. Through Walmart’s impressive national footprint, a curated selection of GNC’s trusted products will be more accessible than ever for new and current consumers alike.

Vitamins and supplements chain GNC has partnered with retail giant Walmart to roll out curated product assortments to more than 4,000 Walmart stores and on Walmart.com.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Travel-center retailer Pilot Flying J has partnered with GNC to stock five on-the-go GNC supplements at participating locations coast to coast.

The partnership will provide travelers and professional truck drivers with products GNC calls health and wellness essentials. The products now available at 645 participating Pilot Flying J Travel Centers include GNC Mega Men Gummy Multivitamin, GNC Men’s Staminol Daily Male Performance Formula, GNC Melatonin 5 milligram, GNC Immune Defense Gummy, and GNC Women’s Multivitamin Energy & Metabolism.

GHOST® and GNC today announced a multi-year partnership that names the innovative  lifestyle sports nutrition brand as the ‘Official Esports Partner of GNC.’ The announcement is the  latest highlight in what’s been a huge year for GHOST® and the brand’s official entrance into  gaming that included the launch of the brand’s Twitch and a marquis partnership with XSET, the  fast growing lifestyle gaming organization.  

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global health and wellness brand GNC announced today that it has selected GLAXON, an innovative sports-nutrition brand, as its first strategic product partnership under GNC Ventures, the innovation and technology incubation arm affiliated with GNC that focuses on fast-growing or disruptive companies or technologies in health and wellness. “With GNC’s world class brand and its 86 years of science-backed resource and expertise in marketing, R&D, manufacturing, and store experience, as well as access to a vast distribution network of stores domestically and globally, GNC Ventures is a tremendous platform for discovering and supporting emerging and innovative brands and technologies within the GNC eco-system such as GLAXON, to better service the health and wellness needs of millions of GNC consumers nationwide,” said Yong Kai Wong, Executive Vice Chairman of GNC. 

SECAUCUS, N.J., August 2, 2023 — The Vitamin Shoppe, an omnichannel specialty retailer of nutritional products, today announced that Josh Burris, Chief Executive Officer of rue21, has joined the company as an Advisory Board Member. In this new role, Mr. Burris will provide strategic advice and counsel to The Vitamin Shoppe on a range of business priorities across retail, operations, franchising, wholesale, vendor relationships, international expansion, and other growth and new business initiatives.

Mr. Burris, who was previously CEO of GNC, brings deep expertise across specialty retail, as well as health and wellness, to his new advisory role at The Vitamin Shoppe.

In 2023, Josh was promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Rue21. 

Previously, Josh worked for Abercrombie and Fitch and AM Retail Group, Inc., where he most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Wilsons Leather, G.H. Bass & Co., DKNY, Calvin Klein Performance, and Karl Lagerfeld Paris. 

GNC announced that Josh Burris will assume the role of chief executive officer and Cam Lawrence will assume the role of chief financial officer, effective immediately.