Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. has appointed Marty Nealon as Divisional President of its full price retail stores and e-commerce businesses, effective immediately. Ms. Nealon has been consulting with the company on strategic initiatives since last August.
Ms. Nealon has an accomplished background and has extensive retail and operational experience. For four years, Ms. Nealon was the President and CEO of U.S. Operations at HSN (Home Shopping Network) and prior to that she served for six years as COO of Claire's North America where she was responsible for merchandising and support operation for all 2,600 stores in the U.S.
At Kenneth Cole Productions Ms. Nealon will oversee the Kenneth Cole full price retail stores which includes merchandising, strategy, operations, visual and store design. She will also be responsible for the ecommerce businesses as well as other strategic opportunities.
Ms. Nealon will report directly to Kenneth Cole, the Chairman and CEO. Mr. Cole said, “We are excited to have Marty on the Executive Team. She is an experienced retailer and terrific merchant and I know she will bring a lot to the organization in her new role.”
