Borders Expected to Hire Department Store Exec Borders is close to hiring the former head of Sak’s department store group George Jones to replace Greg Josefowicz as CEO. Jones ran the unit (which does not include the Sak’s stores themselves) for four years before resigning last September, and he was previously president of world-wide licensing and studio stores at Warner Bros. The WSJ reports that the board will consider Jones imminently. They quote a “person familiar with the situation” as saying Jones sees the job as a chance to “do something great.” In other personnel news, John Oakes has decided […]