GAMESTOP BEEFS UP EXECUTIVE RANKS WITH TRIO OF HIRES

Gamestop Corp. announced Wednesday a trio of executive hires, including a chief technology officer. Grapevine, Tex.-based Gamestop said Matt Francis, an Amazon Web Services alum, will take up its newly created role of chief technology officer. It also hired Kelli durkin as senior vice-president of customer care and Josh Krueger to be vice-president of fulfilment. The executive additions are the first moves since Chewy Inc. co-founder ryan Cohen joined the board in January after disclosing a 5.8-million-share stake through his rc Ventures. durkin has previously worked at Chewy and Krueger has held senior roles at Walmart Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and QVC Inc. “The new leadership positions seem aligned with the shift to digital that rc Ventures is pushing,” said Joseph Feldman, analyst at Telsey Advisory Group.