Former GameStop chief drops 'interim' from CEO title at Hancock Fabrics

BALDWYN, Miss. — Hancock Fabrics hass announced that its board of directors has appointed Steven Morgan, the current interim president and CEO and member of the company’s board of directors, to serve as president and CEO, effective immediately. Morgan will continue to serve as a member of the Company’s board of directors.

Morgan, 59, was appointed as interim president and CEO of the company in January 2011. He has been a director of the company since June 2010. Morgan was president of GameStop from 2005 to 2008 and held the position of president of North American operations at Electronic Boutiques, as well as president of EB Games – Canada, and held various senior executive roles with May Department Stores and Federated Department Stores.