C. Scott Litten appointed executive vice president-chief financial officer of Hills Stores Company.CANTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 1996--Hills Stores Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HDS (Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA, www.hds.com) A leading provider of high-end storage hardware, software and services. Part of the Information Systems & Telecommunications Division of Hitachi Ltd. ) today announced that C. Scott Litten has been appointed executive vice president-chief financial officer. Litten will have responsibility for the financial and management information systems departments of the company. Litten, age 46, most recently held the chief financial officer position at Hechinger Stores Company, a chain of 64 home improvement stores based in Landover, Md. with sales in excess of one billion dollars. He has previously held chief financial officer positions at Family Dollar Stores Inc. and the Butler Group. A certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. , Litten started his career at Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing & Co. and has been vice president-financial services at Zale Corporation “Zale” redirects here. For other uses, see Zale (disambiguation). Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC) is the second largest specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, operating over 2,300 retail locations, (which includes both kiosks/carts and stores) and vice president-controller of Neiman Marcus Stores. Gregory K. Raven, president and chief executive officer of Hills, commented, "I am very pleased to welcome Scott to Hills' management team. Scott has a strong retail financial background, full familiarity with merchandising and a solid understanding of systems development and architecture. Scott will play an integral role in the successful growth of Hills." Hills Stores Company is a leading regional discount retailer operating 164 stores in 12 Mid-Western and Mid-Atlantic states. CONTACT: Hills Stores Company, Canton William K. Friend, 617/821-1000 ext. 1189 or The Bromley Group, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Alan Bromley, 212/807-0878 |
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