Soltau is new president of Shopko Stores

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Green Bay-based Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC announced that Jill Soltau has been promoted to the position of president and chief merchandising officer.

Soltau has more than 25 years of experience in the retail industry and joined Shopko in 2007 as senior vice president and general manager of apparel and accessories.

In 2009, she was promoted to executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. Prior to joining Shopko, Soltau held several senior level positions in merchandising, planning and private brand at Sears and Kohlโ€™s department stores. She started her career with Carson Pirie Scott in Milwaukee.

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In her expanded role, Soltau will continue to oversee Shopkoโ€™s merchandising and product development, while assuming responsibility for marketing, e-commerce, inventory management and supply chain departments. Her oversight of those areas will enable Soltau to continue her focus on the development and implementation of the companyโ€™s merchandising strategy across all of its formats.

โ€œSince joining Shopko, Jill has led the creation of Shopkoโ€™s highly successful main store merchandising strategy and has been instrumental in the development of the companyโ€™s growth vehicle, Shopko Hometown,โ€ said Mike Bettiga, Shopko interim chief executive officer and chief operating officer. โ€œJill is a committed, driven, and enthusiastic leader. Her promotion to President ensures that our merchandising and marketing strategies, as well as our business goals, are kept in the forefront and will continue to be successfully executed. We are excited to have her take an expanded leadership role at Shopko.โ€

Shopko is owned by affiliates of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a private investment firm focused on leverage buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in market-leading companies.

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