Kohl’s Corp. is considering cutting ties with the search firm that helped recruit its last chief executive officer, who the company fired just months into his tenure.
Most major search firms offer a guarantee to do a second search if the initial placement goes haywire within the first year. Kohl’s isn’t sure it wants to go back to its original recruiter, Heidrick & Struggles International Inc., and has reached out to at least one rival firm, according to people familiar with the matter who aren’t authorized to speak publicly.
