Crate & Barrel, the furniture and home goods retailer, confirmed last week that CEO Doug Diemoz left after less than two years at the helm. According to a report, the retailer verified his departure but declined to say why. Diemoz is at the center of a lawsuit...
Gap Inc. has appointed Mark Breitbard as president and chief executive officer of Banana Republic. The company announced in a press release that Breitbard will also serve on the company’s leadership team. Art Peck, president and CEO of Gap Inc., will directly oversee Banana Republic until...
Netspend, a leading provider of prepaid card solutions, announced that it has named Jeff Johnson as senior vice president for Commercial Prepaid. According to a press release, Johnson has 20 years of experience in the prepaid industry, working to create products, boost revenue and control...
Chase Merchant Services, the global payment acceptance and merchant acquiring business division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., just recently announced that veteran financial services executive Valeria Strappa has been named the new chief administrative officer. Matt Kane, CEO of Chase Merchant Services, said in a...
TSYS announced Friday (Jan. 27) it named Philip McHugh as senior executive vice president and president of Merchant Solutions, effective as of May 1. In a press release, the payment processing company said McHugh will report directly to Pam Joseph, president and chief operating officer...
Shift, the peer-to-peer car marketplace startup, is engaging in downsizing, laying off workers and pausing operations temporarily in Washington, D.C. According to a report by TechCrunch, Shift confirmed it laid off a little less than 10 percent of its workforce, or around 25 employees, and paused the business...
ZipLine, the private-label ACH debit payment company, announced Tuesday (Jan. 24) that Russell Scudder has been named president and chief operating officer of ZipLine, reporting directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Goodrich. In a press release, ZipLine said Scudder was formerly president and chief...
Google’s losing an executive to Mattel, as the company known for making Barbies, Hot Wheels and many more toys hopes to make its products even more interactive. Margaret H. Georgiadis, who goes by “Margo,” has been tapped to be Mattel’s CEO starting Feb. 8 and will...
PayPal announced Tuesday (Jan. 17) it has appointed Belinda Johnson, chief business affairs and legal officer at Airbnb, to its board of directors. In a press release, the payment company said Johnson is an attorney and business leader “who has focused her talents on crafting...
