Shopko Promotes Former Kohl's Exec to President

Shopko has promoted Jill Soltau to president. Soltau will retain her position as the retailer's chief merchandising officer. In her expanded role, Soltau will continue to oversee Shopko's merchandising and product development, while assuming responsibility for marketing, e-commerce, inventory management and supply chain departments. Shopko will look to Soltau to continue focusing on the development and implementation of the company's merchandising strategy across all of its formats — Shopko, Shopko Hometown and Shopko.com — while also uniting branding and marketing strategy under her direction.