Sears Holdings Corp. has hired Kohl’s executive Chris Capuano as senior vice president and president of home fashions.
She is taking over the top home goods post from Douglas Wurl, vice president and general merchandise manager of home fashions, who is leaving the company.
Capuano will be responsible for home goods merchandising at Sears and Kmart. She most recently was executive vice president and general merchandise manager for home and footwear at Kohl’s Corp. Before that, Capuano held senior posts in the home divisions of Federated Merchandise Group and Macy’s.
Wurl joined Hoffman Estates-based Sears in 2006 from ShopKo.
Last week, Sears named Robin Michel, formerly president of Giant Foods, as the retailer’s new grocery and pharmacy chief. And earlier this month Sears named Lana Cain Krauter, a veteran of Bealls Department Stores and J.C. Penney, its new president of apparel for Sears stores.
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