US: Hot Topic appoints two executives
By Petah Marian | 1 September 2011
Hot Topic has announced the appointment of two executives - Don Hendricks as chief information officer and Jeff Allison as senior vice president of planning and allocation.
The apparel brand said today (1 September) Hendricks will lead all information technology for Hot Topic. He was previously chief information officer at Gymboree Corporation, where Hot Topic said he led many successful major systems implementations. He was also responsible for distribution and logistics.
Allison will lead the merchandise planning and allocation teams for both the Hot Topic and Torrid brands. He most recently served as SVP, planning and allocation for Chico's FAS. Prior to Chico's Allison served for 10 years in several senior executive roles in merchandising, planning, and allocation and finance at JCPenney.
They will both report to CEO Lisa Harper. "We are very pleased to have both Don and Jeff join our team," said Harper. "Their diverse experience in retail and strong leadership skills in their respective areas will add significant strength to our senior management team. We feel that the quality of leaders that we have selected to fill these critical roles will help us execute our strategy and elevate the business to the next level."
Sectors: Apparel
Companies: Hot Topic, Chico’s, Gymboree, JCPenney
View next/previous articles
1 Sep 2011 -
Currently reading -
US: Hot Topic appoints two executives
1 Sep 2011 -
Related research
Clothing and Footwear Specialist Retailers - Taiwan
In December 2009, Taiwanese designer Johan Ku won the Avant-Garde Award of Gen Art Style, a prestigious international design award. Increasingly, Taiwanese consumers paid more attention towards the clothing and footwear of local designers. Simultaneo...
Related articles
There are currently no comments on this article
Be the first to comment on this article