Kohl's fires new CEO Ashley Buchanan after probe finds he violated conflict of interest policies

Kohl’s canned its chief executive — hired just four months ago — after an investigation showed that he violated the retailer’s conflict of interest policies, the company said on Thursday.Ashley Buchanan directed Kohl’s to “engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest,” the company said.Kohl’s audit committee oversaw an investigation led by an outside law firm which found that Buchanan had not disclosed the vendor relationships that were deemed inappropriate and for which he ...