Evansville, Ind. — Shoe Carnival, Inc., a leading retailer of footwear and accessories, has appointed Erik Gast as the company’s executive vice president, chief financial officer, effective April 24, 2023. Gast succeeds W. Kerry Jackson, who will be retiring after a 35-year career with the company. Bringing over 30 years of finance experience with both private and public companies, Gast will join the company from Fleet Farm Group, LLC, where he has been the executive vice president & chief financial officer since 2020. Prior to that position, he held numerous …
Ace Hardware
Monterrey, Mexico — As Ace Hardware continues to grow globally, Ace Hardware International Holdings, Ltd., a subsidiary of Ace Hardware Corporation, opened its first store in Monterrey, Mexico, on October 28, 2021, with plans to open 13 additional stores by the end of 2022. The store is the first under Ace’s new turnkey franchise model announced in 2020. Ace now operates in approximately 70 countries and has opened more than 900 stores globally in the past 5 years. The new Ace Hardware store occupies more than 14,000 square feet, with …
Atlanta — Ace Hardware Corporation, the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the world, has selected Atlanta-based tech startup Deputy as its recommended people management and scheduling solution to its community of store owners and managers. “Not only does it take less time to make a schedule in Deputy, but after I’m done making it, there’s nothing else required from me until it’s time to make schedules again the next month,” says Bobby Heuser, owner of Heuser Ace Hardware in Bluffton, S.C. “Deputy enables my employees to do everything they need in …