Gap, Looking for Barbie Magic, Hires Mattel’s President as C.E.O.
Gap hopes its new chief executive can help it achieve a Barbie-like turnaround. Just days after the blockbuster opening weekend of “Barbie,” Gap announced on Wednesday that it had hired Richard Dickson of the toymaker Mattel to become its chief executive. Mr. Dickson is Mattel’s president and chief operating officer and has been at the…