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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The Biz Buzz

Best Buy Names New CFO

A retired Williams-Sonoma executive is making a return to retail.

Sharon McCollam, a retired Williams-Sonoma Inc. executive, will join the Best Buy team as the new chief administrative and chief financial officer. She succeeds James Muehlbauer, whose departure was announced last month. McCollam, who was William-Sonoma's executive vice president, chief operating and chief financial officer for more than 12 years, will influence and shape all aspects of Best Buy's operations and transformation strategy, according to a company press release. She will assume a number of responsibilities including all aspects of global finance, strategic planning and corporate development, shared services and oversight of Best Buy's real estate portfolio. "Anyone who has spent time working to turn a company around knows that …

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Biz Buzz

Best Buy Eliminates Top Layer of Senior Execs

The company hopes the restructuring will result in a leaner structure and strengthen the company's agility.

Best Buy's top layer of senior executives in U.S. operations is being eliminated. The company announced its plans to reorganize its leadership structure in a Wednesday press release. As a result, two more top execs are leaving the company: Mike Vitelli, the current president of Best Buy's U.S. business, will retire from the company at the end of the fiscal year in February 2013 and Tim Sheehan, executive vice president of U.S. Operations, will leave the company at the end of the month. "One thing I have learned in helping turn companies around is that a business needs to have a nimble organization," Best Buy President and CEO Hubert Joly said in the release. "Our new organization will help build a closer connection to our customers and …

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