USA: Spiegel CEO Retires, Turnaround Expert Hired
Troubled retailer Spiegel Group Inc, operator of the Eddie Bauer stores and Spiegel and Newport News catalogues, on Friday said its chief executive officer Martin Zaepfel had retired. The Illinois-based company said it has also hired turnaround expert William Kosturos, a managing director of Alvarez & Marsal, as chief restructuring officer and interim CEO. On Thursday the firm named James Brewster as senior vice president and CFO.