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Foot Locker has promoted its current EVP and CEO-North America, Franklin Bracken, to be the retailer’s first-ever COO. The apparel retailer also has created a new Chief Strategy, Innovation and Development Officer role and begun a search for someone to fill the position. The eventual hire will report to Foot Locker Chairman and CEO Richard A. Johnson.
Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy
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