Kmart makes executive changes - Market Watch - vice-presidents of logistics, human resources departments - Brief Article

DSN Retailing Today, August 12, 2002

TROY, MICH. -- Kmart Corp. has promoted Lyman Locket to vp of logistics human resources and chief diversity officer and Dave Lanni to vp of field human resources. Locket, former vp of diversity, will now be responsible for managing the human resource operations in the company's logistics division and its 18 distribution centers, while continuing to oversee Kmart's diversity programs. Lanni, former divisional vp of logistics human resources, will now handle all human resource functions for associates at Kmart stores and field operations nationwide. Locket and Lanni both will report to Michael Macik, executive vp of human resources.

In other Kmart news, the Associated Press reported that the retailer has slashed store hours at seven of its 110 super-centers and those stores are no longer open 24-hours. The stores will now be open 6 a.m. to midnight. The changes, effective July 8, are reportedly in response to slow traffic at these stores and the retailer's weak sales.