Management
August 11, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Attention Target shoppers: Say goodbye to "girls' building sets" and "boys' bedding." The big box retailer announced Friday that it will start phasing out gender-based signage in some departments. The shift comes in response to customer feedback that distinguishing between products for girls and boys is unnecessary and maybe even harmful.
August 10, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Petco announced several leadership changes including the addition of chairman responsibilities to CEO Jim Myer’s role. The company also named Brad Weston as president. According to Petco, Weston previously served as executive vice president, chief merchandising officer and president of Unleashed by Petco. A retail veteran, Weston joined Petco in October 2011 as executive vice president,…
August 5, 2015 at 1:26 pm
To oversee international expansion, the Alibaba Group is turning to a former Goldman Sachs executive who has long worked with the Chinese internet giant. Alibaba on Tuesday named J. Michael Evans, who already serves on its board, as its president. The role is the biggest for Evans, an Olympic medalist rower who was once seen as a…
August 4, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Hillary Clinton is still the presumptive favorite to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. presidency. But high-powered friends of Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz are reportedly eager to anoint him as a challenger to Clinton. The 62-year-old CEO has been urged by supporters to join the Democratic primary, with friends “thinking the time is right for…
August 4, 2015 at 3:20 pm
J.C. Penney has hired two executives with online and supply chain experience from Home Depot and Target. Michael Amend becomes executive vice president of omnichannel beginning Tuesday. Amend comes to Penney from Home Depot, where he was vice president of online, mobile and omnichannel and worked with Ellison. Mike Robbins, formerly the senior vice president of global…
August 3, 2015 at 2:38 pm
A new chapter has begun at J.C. Penney. Marvin Ellison officially took over the reins from Myron "Mike" Ullman on Saturday, becoming the beleaguered retailer's third CEO in four years. J.C. Penney designed the transition to go as seamlessly as possible, especially after the messy ouster of former CEO Ron Johnson and return of Ullman in April…
August 3, 2015 at 2:22 pm
Is Cosmopolitan so racy it needs to be covered up? Rite Aid and Food Lion think so. The two retailers will soon place issues of Cosmopolitan magazine behind “blinders” to shield minors from the magazine’s sexual content, they confirmed separately on Friday.
July 30, 2015 at 2:16 pm
A Target Corp. executive who helped birth one of the Minneapolis-based retailer’s most celebrated digital innovations is leaving the company. Alan Wizemann, vice president of mobile and Target.com, played an instrumental role in launching Cartwheel, the retailer’s mobile coupon app that has rung up more than $1 billion in sales since it rolled out two…
July 30, 2015 at 2:09 pm
A former J.C. Penney employee said she was sent home from work for wearing shorts she bought in the store's career style section, launching a heated discussion about dress codes for women online. Sylva Stoel of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, called out her former employer on Twitter last week, accusing her boss of sending her…
July 29, 2015 at 2:40 pm
Longtime retail executive Marty Hanaka will replace Eddie Albertian as CEO of City Sports, the sports retailer said Tuesday. Hanaka, 66, has been a member of the company’s board since 2008 and an operating partner at the Highland Consumer Fund for the past year. Previously, he served as CEO of Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. and Sports…
