99 Cents Stores names Wal-Mart grocery VP as merchandising head

City of Commerce, Calif. - 99 Cents Only Stores LLC has named Jack L. Sinclair as chief merchandising officer. Sinclair will be responsible for merchandising and marketing functions.



Sinclair brings more than 30 years of experience, specifically in grocery retail at both North American and European retailers. Most recently, he was with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. where he served for more than seven years as an executive VP of its U.S. grocery division. In addition, Sinclair spent 14 years at U.K.-based Safeway PLC supermarkets, where he served in a variety of roles, eventually becoming group marketing and trading director, in which he ran all store operations and merchandising.