NEW YORK — Peter J. Hayes has resigned as president and chief operating officer of Family Dollar Stores to join Jan Bell Marketing, a Sunrise, Fla., jewelry distributor.
Hayes will be Bell’s president and chief operating officer, succeeding Alan Lipton, who continues as chairman and chief executive officer.
At Family Dollar, a 2,130-store discount chain, based in Matthews, N.C., Leon Levin, chairman and ceo, will assume Hayes’s responsibilities until a successor is named.