Roanoke’s largest retailer just hired a Best Buy executive to take the reigns.
Darren Jackson has been named the new chief executive officer and president of Advance Auto Parts, according to the company. He is executive vice president of customer operating groups at Best Buy, an electronics retailer based in Minnesota

Jackson has been a member of Advance’s board of directors since 2004, so he’s familiar with the automotive parts retailer. In the last year, Advance has had slow growth in sales at its stores, and several months ago, it laid off at least 250 employees.

Jackson takes the helm from interim CEO and president, John Brouilliard. The former CEO and president, Mike Coppola, left Advance in May.

I’ll hopefully catch up with Jackson today and find out more details about how his Best Buy experience will cross over into his work at Advance.

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