Carrie Kirkman
Sears Canada has hired a veteran of the Canadian retail industry to be its president and chief merchant — a new position created to try to restore confidence in the struggling department store operator. Carrie Kirkman has most recently been interim president of shoe retailer Nine West Canada and was president of Jones Apparel Group from October 2010 until last April. Kirkman will work with Brandon G. Stranzl, who has been executive chairman of Sears Canada since the departure of Ronald Boire, who was chief executive and president of the troubled Canadian department store company for less than a year.
