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ベスト・バイのCEO、コリー・バリー氏が退任へ。後任には社内からの人材を指名。

-- 家電量販店大手ベスト・バイ(BBY)は水曜日、コリー・バリー最高経営責任者(CEO)が退任し、社内のジェイソン・ボンフィグ氏が後任に就任すると発表した。 最高顧客・製品・フルフィルメント責任者(CCO)のボンフィグ氏は、バリー氏の後任となる。バリー氏は10月末にCEOを退任後、6ヶ月間はアドバイザーとしてベスト・バイに留まる。 1999年に在庫アナリストとして入社したボンフィグ氏は、マーチャンダイジング、eコマース、マーケティング、サプライチェーンなどの分野を統括している。また、ベスト・バイ・カナダと同社の小売メディアネットワークも担当している。 「ジェイソンは、迅速かつ革新的なアイデアで事業を加速させ、会社と株主にとって意義のある成長を実現できる適切なリーダーであると確信している」と、デビッド・ケニー会長は声明で述べた。 バリー氏は2019年からベスト・バイのCEOを務めてきた。 同社の株価は水曜日の取引で5.1%下落した。 3月、ベスト・バイは2026年度の1株当たり利益が前年の6.37ドルから6.43ドルに増加すると発表した。1月31日に終了した年度の売上高は、既存店売上高が前年比でプラスに転じたことを受け、415億3000万ドルから416億9000万ドルに増加した。

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