February 18, 2022 by MMR
Bob Sasser, Dollar Tree
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dollar Tree Inc. executive chairman Bob Sasser plans to retire from that post prior to the company’s 2022 annual meeting. Dollar Tree said Friday that, in recognition of Sasser’s many years of service, the board has decided to give him the honorary title of chairman emeritus upon his retirement. “Bob Sasser has
September 18, 2017 by MMR
Bob Sasser, Dollar Tree Inc., Gary Philbin
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Gary Philbin has been named president and chief executive officer of Dollar Tree Inc. The move is part of a planned leadership succession in which Bob Sasser, the company’s CEO since 2004, has assumed the role of executive chairman of the board. Sasser, 65, joined Dollar Tree in 1999 as chief operating
August 24, 2017 by MMR
Bob Sasser, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dollar Tree Inc. reported stronger than expected results for its second fiscal quarter. “I am extremely pleased with the quarter,” chief executive officer Bob Sasser said in a statement on Thursday. “Both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar produced positive same-store sales, our enterprise operating margin improved 80 basis points and earnings per
June 9, 2017 by MMR
Bob Sasser, Dollar Tree Inc., Gary Philbin, Michael Witynski
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Michael Witynski has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Dollar Tree Inc.’s 6,200-store Dollar Tree chain. “Mike is an accomplished executive with more than 36 years of experience in retail,” Dollar Tree chief executive officer Bob Sasser said in a statement. “Dollar Tree is a growth company, now larger
January 5, 2017 by MMR
Bob Sasser, Dollar Tree, Duncan Mac Naughton, Gary Philbin
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Former Walmart executive Duncan Mac Naughton is joining Dollar Tree Inc. as president and chief operating officer of the company’s Family Dollar chain. He will report to Gary Philbin, who has been promoted to a new role as enterprise president of Dollar Tree. Mac Naughton has more than 30 years of leadership
January 8, 2016 by MMR
Bob Sasser, chief executive officer, Dollar Tree Inc., Gary Philbin, Howard Levine
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Howard Levine is stepping down as chief executive officer of Family Dollar on January 15, but he will remain on the board of Dollar Tree Inc. The departure, announced on Friday by Dollar Tree, is earlier than planned but comes after the integration of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree has been completed,