Supermarket giant Woolworths today announced that Sally Macdonald has resigned as chief executive of the companys troubled Big W stores after less than a year in the role.
The former CEO of luxury goods group Oroton joined Big W in January this year. She was known as a turnaround executive after taking Oroton back to profit in 2012.
She replaced Alistair McGeorge who was in the job only 12 months.
David Walker, who became the CEO of Woolworths Home Improvement businesses in February 2016, will transition to the discount department stores as acting CEO.
Walker has 18 years of retail experience, including a previous role at Big W in Supply Chain transformation.
Sales at Big W fell by 2.8% to $3.82 billion in …
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