Foot Locker announces new chief executive as Ken Hicks retires

06/11/2014
New York-based athletic footwear retail group Foot Locker has announced that chief executive, Ken Hicks, intends to retire on December 1, 2014. He will continue as executive chairman of the board until the company’s annual general meeting in May 2015 but will then step down from the board.

Mr Hicks will be succeeded as chief executive by Dick Johnson, who has been with Foot Locker for 17 years, serving as chief operating officer since May 2012.