Handleman Company Names Robert E. Kirby President and Chief Operating Officer
19 Octubre 2006 - 4:10PM
PR Newswire (US)
TROY, Mich., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Handleman Company
(NYSE:HDL), http://www.handleman.com/ , today announced that Robert
E. Kirby has joined the Company as its President and Chief
Operating Officer. Mr. Kirby, age 50, joins Handleman with over 28
years of diverse management and executive responsibilities. For the
past seven years Mr. Kirby worked for Johnson & Johnson, where
his most recent position was President of Personal Products
Company, a business that generates over a billion dollars in sales.
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Kirby worked at Fort
James Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Proctor &
Gamble Company. Throughout his career, he has maintained a strong
focus on driving innovation, developing new products and go to
market strategies that have grown from early identification of
consumer insights and alignment with customer strategies. Stephen
Strome, Handleman Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
said, "We are pleased to welcome Bob Kirby to Handleman Company. He
has extensive experience in delivering a high level of customer
service, managing and launching new products and brands, directing
cost savings initiatives and enhancing supply chain management. He
has successfully grown sales in a highly competitive market, and
has led the merger of organizations to enhance supply chain
efficiencies and reduce product development time. He will play a
key role in maximizing the opportunities of recent acquisitions,
and delivering on the Company's growth strategy of leveraging our
core competencies to enable growth with existing and new customers,
and into adjacent product categories, channels and markets." Mr.
Kirby added, "I am excited to be part of the leadership team of
Handleman Company as it continues to consolidate the music
distribution business and leverage its core competencies to grow
its business with some of the world's leading retailers. We will
focus on achieving further diversification of the Company's product
lines and customer base through leveraging consumer insights and
delighting our customers." Mr. Kirby has a Bachelor's of Science
Degree from the University of New Hampshire. He is married and has
four children. About Handleman Company: Handleman Company is a
category manager and distributor of prerecorded music and console
video game hardware, software and accessories to leading retailers
in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. As a category
manager, the Company manages a broad assortment of titles to
optimize sales and inventory productivity in retail stores.
Services offered include product selection, direct-to-store
shipments, marketing and in-store merchandising. DATASOURCE:
Handleman Company CONTACT: Greg Mize, Vice President, Investor
Relations of Handleman Company, +1-248-362-4400, Ext. 211 Web site:
http://www.handleman.com/
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