PARIS — Nancy Pedot is stepping down as chief executive officer of the Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse Tam Tam fashion chains after less than a year in the job.
Parent Fast Retailing Co. Ltd., which also owns Uniqlo and Link Theory, said Pedot decided to leave the group to pursue other career opportunities. Her next move could not immediately be learned.
Until a successor is named, Nobuo Domae, senior group officer at Fast Retailing and co-ceo of Fast Retailing France, is to take over Pedot’s functions.
An American national, Pedot arrived at Comptoir in November 2013. Before that, she was president and ceo of children’s wear firm Gymboree and retailer Party City Corp.
Tadashi Yanai, chairman, president and ceo of Fast Retailing Group, said Pedot was “instrumental in laying the foundation for the next period of growth for these two important Fast Retailing Group brands.”