Dive Brief

• On Monday, electronics retailer RadioShack named John W. Feray as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Feb. 6.
• Feray most recently hails from Dollar General, where he has served as senior vice president of finance and strategy since 2008.
• He is to replace interim CFO Holly Etlin of AlixPartners, which will continue to work with the company as it revamps its approach to store format.

Dive Insight

RadioShack has seen customers drift to competitors like big-box electronics stores, Amazon and others.​ Feray’s extensive financial expertise is a key element in the electronics chain’s recent efforts to stem the resulting ongoing quarterly losses. A certified public accountant, Feray was senior vice president and chief financial officer of First American Payment Systems, and served as SVP and CFO of mens' wear company Haggar Corporation, where he aided the transition from public to private ownership.