TORONTO — Lowe’s Canada has appointed Alan Blundell as divisional vice president, merchandising, effective today. In this newly created position, he will oversee the merchandising function and be responsible for leading the company’s category management strategy. He reports to Igor Halencak, head of merchandising and marketing.
Blundell joins Lowe’s Canada with more than 18 years of merchandising experience in the retail industry, 16 of them at Walmart Canada, most recently as vice president of merchandise operations. “…[T]he time is right to have a merchandising lead that will solely focus on delivering an omnichannel, customer-centric category management focus to the organization,” Halencak said.
(CORRECTION: A previous version of this story, which ran in this morning in HARDLINES, incorrectly stated the company Blundell had previously worked for. It was Walmart Canada.)
