Coldwater Creek Announces Succession of CEO, Strengthening of Merchant Team

Coldwater Creek announced that Dennis Pence, its co-founder, chairman of the board and CEO, will retire as CEO effective Dec. 31. Commensurate with this announcement, Coldwater Creek's board of directors appointed the company's president and chief merchandising officer, Jill Brown Dean, as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2013.