La-Z-Boy Names Chief Retail Officer (PR Newswire)

Thursday October 9, 4:05 pm ET MONROE, Mich., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE: LZB - News ) today announced that Mark S. Bacon, Sr. has been named Chief Retail Officer of the company. Bacon succeeds Mark Wiltshire, President of La-Z-Boy's retail segment, who recently left the company. Kurt L. Darrow, La-Z-Boy's President and Chief Executive Officer said, "I would like to personally thank Mark Wiltshire for his contributions to our Retail business and to our Canadian sales organization over the past eleven years." As Chief Retail Officer, Bacon will report directly to Darrow and will have overall responsibility for all sales, store operations, training and merchandising functions within the company's retail segment, which is comprised of 69 company-owned La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores (of a... [read full story]