Foot Locker, Inc. appointed Bryon Milburn to a newly defined role as Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer. Bryon brings over 30 years of industry experience as a merchant and general manager. And in his new capacity, he will build a merchandising center of excellence to elevate visual merchandising and in-store experience, modernize merchandising planning, analytics and data sharing and finally, collaborate closely with Kim's customer marketing organization to elevate brand partnerships.

He will also oversee global footwear strategy team and vertical brand development function. Bryon will be announcing some key new hires in the coming weeks to global merchandising organization. In summary, these changes to organization will enable to modernize capabilities in support of Lace Up, while bringing a more integrated and consumer-led offense to vendor partnerships.