Macy’s CMO Anne MacDonald Leaves Company

May 31, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on June 2007 Anne MacDonald has resigned her position as chief marketing officer of Macy’s and been replaced by her predecessor, Peter Sachse, Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, announced Wednesday. Sachse, chairman and chief executive officer of macys.com, will assume an additional role as the company’s chief marketing officer and president of Macy’s corporate marketing.

Sachse was the company’s first Chief Marketing Officer in June 2003, when he became president of the Macy’s Corporate Marketing division being created at that time. He was named to the newly created position of chairman of macys.com in April 2006.

Before serving as president of Macy’s Corporate Marketing and chairman of macys.com, Sachse was president and chief operating officer of the company’s Bon Marche division (now Macy’s Northwest). Sachse began his retail career with Macy’s in Kansas City in 1980. He was named division merchandise manager at Macy’s Bullock’s division in 1987 and in 1992 moved to The Bon Marche as senior vice president/general merchandising manager. In 1997, Sachse was named executive vice president/general merchandise manager at Macy’s East in New York where, in 1999, he was promoted to vice chair/director of stores.