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As executive postings in Canada go, it's akin to pitching for the New York Yankees. In this case, the job called not for pin stripes but perhaps a pin-striped suit. And for the better part of the past year, it was held down by Robert Johnston, the longtime business confidante of the late industrialist Jerry Zucker and, until last week, the boss at storied Toronto-based retailer Hudson's Bay Co. Now that the Zucker family-controlled InterTech Group Inc. has sold the department store chain to the group that owns Lord & Taylor — the deal was sealed Wednesday — Johnston has been called back to the bullpen: InterTech's modest global headquarters in North Charleston. The move back south is bittersweet, he acknowledged right after the sale closed. "I have loved the opportunity and the experience of leading this organization in the... [read full story]
