Pier 1 Fires EVP of Marketing

August 9, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on August 2007 Specialty retailer Pier 1 has fired its long-time executive vice president of marketing.

In an filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the retailer said effective Aug. 6, Phil E. Schneider was “terminated.” In the same filing, the Fort Worth, Texas-based company said it is seeking a replacement.

The new chief executive officer, Alex Smith, appears to be building his own management team. Earlier this month, Sharon Leite was named executive vice president of store operations.