Midvale, Utah — Beyond, Inc., owner of online retail giants Bed Bath & Beyond, Overstock and Zulily, has added and appointed several key leaders to its team, including in merchandising and marketing roles. The new additions include:
• Guncha Mehta, joining as chief digital and information officer, Beyond, Inc.
• Stacey Shively, joining as chief merchandising officer, Bed Bath & Beyond
• Angela Minor, joining as chief marketing officer, Bed Bath & Beyond
• Deb Bollom, appointed to chief merchandising officer, Overstock
• Steph Whitacre, appointed to senior vice president, GM, Zulily
• Jennifer Evans, appointed to senior vice president of marketing, Beyond, Inc.
• Alexis Callahan, joining as vice president of investor relations and public relations
• Chris Peake, joining as director of merchandising, Zulily
“The most important part of building a long term, profitable, growing business is putting the right players on the field,” says Marcus Lemonis, executive chairman, Beyond, Inc. “We’ve assembled a world-class team with the proper incentives and alignment that will execute the very clear go-to-market strategy around our three anchor brands.”
Mehta has held various senior leadership roles at Madison Square Garden, Avis Budget Group and The Children’s Place before joining Party City Holdings as senior vice president, chief information officer in 2021.
Shively joins the company from The Container Store, where she was chief merchandising officer. Prior to that, she was at legacy Bed Bath & Beyond and held merchant leadership roles at JCPenney, Fingerhut/Bluestem Brands and Dollar Tree, and began her career at Target.
Minor held leadership positions at Michael’s, Pier 1, Sears, Kmart and ,most recently, with specialty retailer Conn’s HomePlus as chief marketing officer.
Bollom has been promoted from her previous role as chief merchandising officer for Bed Bath & Beyond. She also has 25+ years of prior merchandising experience running multi-billion-dollar businesses for Target.
Whitacre has been promoted from her previous role as vice president, merchandising. Prior to joining Beyond, she held leadership merchandising positions at Saks Off Fifth, Bloomingdale’s, Burberry and started her career at Bergdorf Goodman.
Evans has been promoted from her previous role as vice president, integrated marketing. Her new role includes overseeing Overstock and Zulily marketing as well as content and brand partnerships for Beyond, Inc. She spent 9 years at legacy Bed Bath & Beyond after holding sales and marketing leadership positions at Time Warner and The Walt Disney Company.
Callahan is rejoining Beyond, Inc., having spearheaded development of the IR program at Overstock in 2020. She spent the previous 15+ years in roles in investor relations and investment banking.
Peake brings almost 3 years of experience from legacy Zulily where he was most recently merchandise director. Before that, he spent 16 years at Zappos, and began his career in merchandising and operations at Lombardi Sports.
Beyond, Inc., based in Midvale, Utah, is an e-commerce expert who owns Overstock, Bed Bath & Beyond, Baby & Beyond, Zulily and other related brands and associated intellectual property. For more information, visit www.Beyond.com.
SOURCE: Beyond, Inc.