Stephen Watson - Chicos FAS Independent Director

Director

Mr. Stephen E. Watson is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Watson brings to the Board nearly 40 years of executive and director experience in the retail industry, holding various executive officer positions with Dayton Hudson Corporationrationration, a company owning several major retail brands, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dayton Hudson Department Stores Co. and President of Dayton Hudson Corporationrationration. Mr. Watson retired in 2002 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gander Mountain Company, a privately held retailer for outdoor sports and recreation activities since 2010.
Age 75
Tenure 15 years
Phone239 277 6200
Webhttps://www.chicosfas.com
Watson serves as Lead Director and sits on the Audit Committee of Kohl’s Corporationrationrationration, a department store retail chain. From 2007 to 2017, he served on the board of Regis Corporationrationrationration, a leading hair salon chain. From 1997 through 2005, Mr. Watson was a director of Shopko Stores, Inc., a retail store chain. From 2004 through 2007, Mr. Watson was a director of Smart & Final, Inc., a chain of food supply stores. He also served on the boards of Norwest Bank from 1990 to 1996, Target Corporationrationrationration, a multinational retail chain, from 1991 to 1996, Retek, Inc., a provider of an endtoend retail management enterprise resource planning software, from 1999 to 2004 and Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc., a holding company that operates retail store chains, from 2005 to 2010.

Stephen Watson Latest Insider Activity

Tracking and analyzing the buying and selling activities of Stephen Watson against Chicos FAS stock is an integral part of due diligence when investing in Chicos FAS. Stephen Watson insider activity provides valuable insight into whether Chicos FAS is net buyers or sellers over its current business cycle. Note, Chicos FAS insiders must abide by specific rules, including filing SEC forms every time they buy or sell Chicos FAS'sshares to prevent insider trading or benefiting illegally from material non-public information that their positions give them access to.

Chicos FAS Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset of 0.0649 % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it made $0.0649 of profit. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of 0.2992 %, implying that it generated $0.2992 on every 100 dollars invested. Chicos FAS's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Chicos FAS manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Chicos FAS has 551.61 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 2.07, meaning that the company heavily relies on borrowing funds for operations. Chicos FAS has a current ratio of 1.16, demonstrating that it is in a questionable position to pay out its financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Chicos to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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Chicos FAS, Inc. operates as an omnichannel specialty retailer of womens private branded casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, and complementary accessories. Chicos FAS, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida. Chicos Fas operates under Apparel Retail classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 12700 people. Chicos FAS (CHS) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA and employs 14,238 people.

Management Performance

Chicos FAS Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Chicos FAS's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Chicos FAS inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Chicos. The board's role is to monitor Chicos FAS's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Chicos FAS's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Chicos FAS's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Jay Topper, Executive Vice President - Chief Digital Officer
Molly Langenstein, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Bonnie Brooks, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Kristin Gwinner, Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice President
Leana Less, VP Marketing
John Mahoney, Independent Director
Gregory Baker, Senior Vice President General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Christine Munnelly, VP Design
Wendy Hufford, Gen VP
Stephen Watson, Independent Director
Joseph Topper, Ex Officer
David Oliver, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Controller
Nancy Johnson, GMM VP
Eli Kumekpor, Independent Director
Janice Fields, Independent Director
Kevin Mansell, Lead Independent Director
Patrick Guido, Chief Financial Officer
Deborah Kerr, Independent Director
Kim Roy, Independent Director
Kirsten Bowen, VP Market
David Walker, Independent Chairman of the Board
William Simon, Lead Independent Director

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