Ross Stores announces senior merchandise management promotions
12 Dec '06
2 min read
Ross Stores Inc announced the following three senior merchandise management promotions that are effective immediately.
Barbara Rentler, 49, Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer of dd's DISCOUNTS has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Merchandising for all Apparel and Related Products at Ross Dress for Less.
In her new role, she will direct all merchandising activities at Ross for Women's, Men's, Children's, Shoes, Accessories, Jewelry, Lingerie and Dresses. Lisa Panattoni, 44, Executive Vice President, Merchandising, for the Ross Dress for Less Home businesses, will now have expanded responsibility for all Home-related categories for both Ross and dd's DISCOUNTS.
Doug Baker, 49, Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager for dd's DISCOUNTS, will now oversee all Apparel and Related Products for this division, adding Shoes, Accessories and Lingerie to his prior Ready-to-Wear responsibilities. All three executives will report to Michael Balmuth, Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.
In commenting, Mr. Balmuth said, "We are delighted to report these new senior management promotions and pleased to have such a deep bench of experienced and highly skilled merchandising executives to support the evolving needs of our business. All three of these talented merchants have significant knowledge and expertise in off-price merchandising."
Mr. Balmuth continued, "Barbara Rentler is an outstanding merchant and proven leader with more than 20 years of extensive merchandising management experience at Ross. Her 28-year retail career also includes merchandising positions with Macy's, Bergdorf Goodman and Howland-Steinbach-Hochschilds."
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