Jan Murley, a board member of the Carle Place retailer who most recently worked as a consultant at the buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, has been named interim president of the division, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission document the retailer filed Tuesday.
She will work as a consultant and remain a member of the board, the filing said. She replaces Monica Woo, who was fired in May after four years with the company. The company didn't say why she was let go.
"Jan has a very keen understanding of our brands and our business model," chief executive Jim McCann said in the filing. "Her extensive experience in the retail industry, particularly in the gifting and consumer-packaged goods sectors, make Jan a great fit for this important leadership position."
The consumer floral brand represents about $500 million in sales, or 50 percent, of 1-800-Flowers.com's overall revenue, the retailer has said.
When Woo became president of the division, she was the third-highest ranking executive at the company. In 2007, she had a $708,000 compensation package.
Murley also served as chief executive of the Boyds Collection, a Pennsylvania giftware company that she turned around and took private, 1-800-Flowers.com said.
Before that she was group vice president for Hallmark Cards, which she joined after more than 20 years at the consumer-products company Procter & Gamble.
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