Walgreen's announcement that it will send its workers to a private health insurance exchange to buy their own plans is a sign of the times that isn't going away.
I hope it goes without saying that Iâm incredibly pleased by the progress we have made to date - with a broad group of global FI customers. And there are powerful network effects that we have seen accelerating that momentum. - Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple. Source: Quora Session with Brad Garlinghouse, October 2017
James will take the CEO and presidential titles from Board Chairman Terry E. London who has been interim president and CEO since the end of the year. London will continue as Pier 1âs board chairman. London took over for former CEO Alex Smith who left at the end of 2016, following nearly a decade in that position.