Furniture Brands Names Chief Marketing Officer

May 25, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on May 26, 2010 Furniture Brands International (NYSE: FBN) has named a new chief marketing officer to fill the position left vacant last year when Alex Hodges left the company for personal reasons.

Jim Brenner was named chief marketing officer for the company earlier this month. Brenner, a veteran marketer of consumer products, was senior vice president of marketing for Schwans Home Service, a division of The Schwans Food Co. most recently. Brenner was also chief marketing officer of LCA Vision/Lasik Plus and before that he was vice president of marketing for Nautilus.

Brenner started his career as an engineer with The Quaker Oats Co. and later moved to the marketing department. From there, he joined The Coca-Cola Co. where he held a number of positions, including global marketing, acquisitions, strategic planning and new product development.

From Coca-Cola, he moved to Nautilus.

Hodges had joined Furniture Brands in January, 2008, as chief marketing officer.