PetSmart's former and incoming CEOs have both held the chief executive role at Academy. One of the nation’s largest pet retailers has selected a veteran retailer as its new chief executive.

PetSmart Academy-trained stylists complete 800 or more hours of hands-on instruction and safety certification, working with at least 200 dogs of all breeds and sizes.

He joined PetSmart in 2018 from Academy Sports and Outdoors, where he had been the CEO since 2015. Symancyk was also previously a director at Chewy and at GameStop, according to Signet’s ...

The former CEO of Katy-based Academy Ltd., one of the largest sports retailers in the U.S., has landed a new executive role at Phoenix-based PetSmart Inc. On May 21, J.K. Symancyk was named CEO of ...

J.K. Symancyk, the former head of Katy-based Academy Sports + Outdoors, has been named the new CEO of PetSmart. The Phoenix-based pet retailer announced Tuesday that Symancyk will assume ...

PetSmart will also launch an 18,500-square-foot location at the development. Academy is set to open as early as May, while PetSmart will debut by fall 2017.

PetSmart taps former Foot Locker chief as CEO Ken Hicks — who was also previously the chief executive at Academy Sports and Outdoors — replaces J.K. Symancyk, who left last month.