Furniture and home accessories retailer Bombay Co Inc said on Monday it hired David Stewart as chief executive officer effective immediately.
Stewart, 67, who also will join the company's board, served as president of Blockbuster Video Canada, a unit of Blockbuster Inc, from 2000 until April 2006, according to Bombay.
The company's former CEO James Carreker was to leave the company on June 3, Bombay said in a statement on May 15.
