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Eagle Hardware & Garden Names Greg Jones Executive Vice President - Operations.


RENTON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1997--Eagle Hardware & Garden Inc. (Nasdaq NM: EAGL EAGL East Atlantic Gymnastics League (College Park, MD) ) today announced that Greg L. Jones has joined the company as executive vice president - operations.

"Greg Jones Greg Jones may refer to:
  • Greg Jones (Entrepreneur) (born 1969)
  • Greg Jones (baseball player) (born 1976)
  • Greg Jones (football player) (born 1981)
  • Greg Jones (tennis) (born 1989)
  • Greg Jones (wrestler) (born 1982)
  • Greg Jones (FBI agent) (born 1982)
 is a 26-year home improvement industry veteran with a successful track record in store operations," said Richard Takata, Eagle president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "He is the ideal person to lead our operations team as we continue our store expansion. We are very pleased that Greg has decided to join Eagle during this important time in our company's growth."

In his new position, Jones will be responsible for the development of store operations programs that are designed to increase store efficiency and productivity.

Jones, 50, began his home improvement career in 1971. Most recently, he was president and co-owner of Jacob Levy and Brothers, a home improvement store operator in Louisville, Ky. Over the course of his career, Jones has held a number of positions, including regional manager for The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.

Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box
, vice president - operations for Handy Andy Handy Andy may refer to:
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  • Handy Andy Home Improvement Center, a defunct big box hardware store
 and vice president - operations for Aikenhead's, which is now the Canadian subsidiary of The Home Depot.

Dale Craker, formerly executive vice president - operations, has been named executive vice president - stores. In this role, Craker will be responsible for the implementation of corporate operations and merchandising merchandising

Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product.
 programs.

Eagle Hardware & Garden operates 30 warehouse home improvement centers in Washington, Utah Washington is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 8,186 at the 2000 census. Geography
Washington is located at  (37.119580, -113.503348)GR1.
, Colorado, Alaska, Hawaii, Montana and Oregon. The company's home centers average 125,000 square feet of retail selling space and feature over 65,000 products under its "More of Everything"(R) merchandising philosophy.

CONTACT: Eagle Hardware & Garden

Richard T. Takata or Ronald P. Maccarone

425/227-5740

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