The Talbots Inc. (Hingham, Mass.) has named Michael Scarpa, a former executive at Liz Claiborne Inc. (New York), as its new chief operating officer. Scarpa will also become the retailer’s chief financial officer, replacing the retiring Ed Larsen.
This summer, the retailer had fired Philip Kowalczyk as coo, part of a plan to cut its work force by 9 percent, and said Kowalczyk wouldn't be replaced.
Scarpa will oversee Talbot’s finance, supply chain, information technology, inventory management and strategic planning.
Talbots president and ceo Trudy Sullivan is another Liz Claiborne veteran. Scarpa left Liz Claiborne last month, and the company said it would not replace him. Instead it divided his duties among members of the firm’s senior management team.