When Mark Tritton took the helm of Mattress Bathtub & Past in 2019, he moved rapidly to overtake the home-goods chain by cleansing up crowded aisles, scaling again coupons and taking out well-liked nationwide manufacturers in favor of recent, private-label items.
That technique was repudiated on Wednesday, after the corporate reported one other quarter of plunging gross sales that pushed its inventory down additional. The board changed Mr. Tritton with Sue Gove, an unbiased director who’s stepping in as interim chief govt officer whereas it searches for his successor, the corporate mentioned.
