Management

Target's Chief Digital Officer Suddenly Departs
September 26, 2016 at 11:10 am

Jason Goldberger, Target’s chief digital officer, has left the company in a sudden shakeup at the Minneapolis-based retailer. Goldberger’s responsibilities will be divided up between Chief Information Officer Mike McNamara and Mike Triton, chief marketing officer. Goldberger is the second high-profile executive to leave Target this month. Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Jones abruptly resigned earlier this…

Lands’ End CEO Resigns, Effective Immediately
September 26, 2016 at 10:24 am

Lands' End Chief Executive Federica Marchionni has stepped down, the company announced on Monday. She has been CEO since February 2015, joining the Dodgeville, Wis.-based retailer from Dolce & Gabbana USA Inc., where she was president. Joseph Boitano, chief merchandising and design officer, and James Gooch, chief operating and financial officer, have been appointed co-interim…

American Apparel CEO to Exit Company
September 23, 2016 at 12:47 pm

Another one bites the dust at American Apparel. CEO Paula Schneider is the latest in the retailer's management casualties. She will be replaced by Chelsea Grayson, American Apparel's general counsel and chief administrative officer. Schneider is voluntarily resigning her position, effective Oct. 3, according to Women's Wear Daily. Schneider joined American Apparel two years ago after…

Kohl's to Add Same Amount of Holiday Workers as Last Year
September 19, 2016 at 11:53 am

Kohl's said today that it plans to hire more than 69,000 workers this holiday season, the same number of seasonal hires as 2015, which was up about 3 percent from 2014. Positions are available across more than 1,100 stores in 49 states, as well as in distribution and fulfillment centers nationwide, and at Kohl's credit…

Dollar General to Add 10,000 Workers in Hiring Spree
September 15, 2016 at 1:04 pm

Dollar General plans to hire 10,000 new workers within the next month to support the company's expansion plans. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based discount retailer — which has planned to open 900 new stores in fiscal 2016 and another 1,000 stores in fiscal 2017 — announced Thursday it will host hiring events at 600 locations through Sept. 24. The…

Golfsmith On the Verge of Bankruptcy
September 14, 2016 at 12:04 pm

Golfsmith, the country's largest golf retailer, has failed to find a buyer for itself and could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in just a few days, according to the New York Post. Sources say Golfsmith, fighting an overall downturn in sales and burdened by debt, could end up a target of Dick's Sporting Goods if it…

Aeropostale Gets Approval on Sale to Mall Group
September 14, 2016 at 11:06 am

Aeropostale lives to fight another day. Bloomberg reports the retailer won court permission to sell its assets to buyers led by Simon Property Group Inc. and General Growth Properties Inc after the landlords banded together with liquidators to save jobs and stores. The Sept. 2 auction revealed that with a $243 million bid, Aeropostale will…

Net-A-Porter Hires Barneys’ Exec as Managing Director
September 12, 2016 at 11:46 am

Yoox Net-A-Porter Group has tapped luxury e-commerce veteran Matthew Woolsey to head up its Net-A-Porter business. Woolsey, who spent the past four years as the executive vice president of digital at upscale retail chain Barneys New York, will take over as Net-A-Porter’s managing director and head up its global expansion plans. Woolsey will be responsible for…

QVC Cuts 100 Jobs at Headquarters
September 8, 2016 at 12:45 pm

Home shopping network QVC has laid off 100 people at its West Chester, Pa. headquarters. The company has decided to reallocate resources to focus on its West Coast expansion. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports QVC scared investors last month when CEO Michael George acknowledged a mysterious summer drop in women's clothing sales. The drop also happened around the…