Walmart CMO Messing leaves as former Target marketer Francis assumes added duties

Walmart U.S. Chief Marketing Officer Barbara Messing is stepping down as of Aug. 30 to return to the San Francisco Bay area, some of her duties to be handled temporarily by former Target and DreamWorks chief marketer Michael Francis, according to an internal memo.Messing “has decided to leave Walmart and return to the Bay Area with her family,” according to the memo from Walmart Chief Customer Officer Janey Whiteside, to whom Messing has reported and who joined the giant retaile