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Former Family Dollar exec takes top marketing position at Lowe’s
Lowe's Companies’ chief marketing head Marci Grebstein has left the company after 14 months in the position. The home improvement giant wasted no time in naming a successor, tapping Jocelyn Wong as chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Wong joined Lowe's in September 2015, and most recently served as senior VP and general merchandising manager for the seasonal business. Prior to joining Lowe's, she served as senior VP and chief marketing officer at Family Dollar. -
Best Buy CEO says he’s not leaving
Hubert Joly, chairman and CEO of Best Buy, denied a report that has him taking the helm of a European retailing giant. A report by Reuters, which cited Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico, said that Carrefour, the world’s second largest retailer, had identified Joly as a replacement for its current CEO, Georges Plassat, whose term ends in May 2018.