Gary Pfeiffer Named Talbots Chairman

Gary Pfeiffer has been named chairman of the board of The Talbots Inc. Pfeiffer had been Talbots independent lead director since July 2008. He will continue in that role, succeeding Tsutomu Kajita, who will continue as a director.

Kajita is a vice president at Aeon Co., Ltd, which holds a significant stake in Talbots.