Sidney, Mont. — The Sidney location marks the 11th opening of a new Sears Hometown Store this year and the 25th opening of a new store across all of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores formats.
Minneapolis — Kirk Geadelmann is a seasoned financial manager whose 23 years of experience includes 14 years with Best Buy, Inc., most recently as corporate and international controller.
Tampa, Fla. — Trish Nearhoof has 10 years of professional architectural experience in project management, design, construction documentation and rollout expertise.
Brisbane, Calif. — Jim Wiggett, who joins the bebe team with close to 40 years of retail, merchandising and business experience, has been appointed interim CEO.
Houston — Mattress Firm Holding Corp. has promoted Alex Weiss to executive vice president and chief financial officer of the company, effective July 30, 2014.
Foothill Ranch, Calif. — Arden B locations will be refreshed with either Wet Seal or Wet Seal Plus signage. The company expects to complete this conversion by late July.
San Francisco — The first two Old Navy stores will open in Manila in March and there are plans to open three more stores in the second half of the year for a total of five Old Navy stores in 2014.