Floyd Hall

Floyd Hall is an American business executive and sports team owner. Hall was the Chief Executive Officer of Kmart from June 1995–2001. During Hall's term in office, the chain sold off several specialty businesses to focus on its core discount store business, and enjoyed a string of quarterly earnings-per-share gains. Earnings growth expanded with the remodeling of stores into the Big Kmart format, and the popularity of the Martha Stewart line of household products. He is a resident of Montclair, New Jersey. [Wald, Matthew L. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/politics/20amtrak.html "Amtrak's Own Board Sows Alarm About System's Future"] , "The New York Times", February 20, 2005. Accessed November 11, 2007. "Mr. Laney, a Dallas lawyer and Bush campaign donor who is a former chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, declined a request for an interview, as did the other two outside members of the board, Floyd Hall, of Montclair, N.J., a retired chairman of Kmart, and Enrique Sosa, of Miami."]

Hall started with Montgomery Ward in August 1956. From 1970 to 1984, Hall was at the Singer Company where he served as Regional Vice President. Later he was hired by B. Dalton Booksellers where he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He was appointed as Chairman and CEO of Target Stores in 1981 and as partner and CEO with the Grand Union grocery chain in February 1984. [Cuff, Daniel L. [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F40F11FC385F0C748DDDAB0894DC484D81 "BUSINESS PEOPLE; Target Store Chairman To Head Grand Union"] , "The New York Times", February 17, 1984. Accessed November 11, 2007. "Floyd Hall, chairman and chief executive of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation's Target discount store chain, has been named chairman and chief executive of the Grand Union supermarket chain."] In 1995, he was hired by Kmart as its President and CEO. [Gilpin, Kenneth N. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDA153FF935A35755C0A963958260 "A Specialist In Rebounds To Run Kmart"] , "The New York Times", June 6, 1995. Accessed November 11, 2007. "The Kmart Corporation said yesterday that it had hired Floyd Hall, a specialist in pumping new life into sagging retailers, as its new chairman and chief executive."]

In 1997, Hall formed a partnership with the state of New Jersey and Montclair State University. Hall created Floyd Hall Enterprises, which supervised construction of the 4,000-seat Yogi Berra Stadium, home field for the New Jersey Jackals baseball team, and a two-rink ice arena, Floyd Hall Arena, both located on the campus of Montclair State University.

In 2006, Hall placed the new Sussex Skyhawks in the recently vacated Skylands Park in Augusta, New Jersey.

Hall was nominated [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060210-5.html White House Nominations Sent to the Senate] press release dated February 10, 2006] on February 10, 2006, by President George W. Bush to serve on the Amtrak Reform Board for a five-year term of office. Hall was earlier appointed [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060104-3.html White House Personnel Announcement] press release dated January 4, 2006] in a recess appointment to the same position on January 4, 2006.

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* [http://www.bhgpr.com/release.cfm?prelease=668 Hall honored at St. Joseph's Charity Ball]