By SteveCongdon

Future pitches at David’s Bridal, Planet Fitness and TopGolf?

Pulled from the trades and Google, here are four brands that may be going into review.

Cars.com gets new CMO from Hyundai. Dean Evans, a highly recognized Chief Marketing Officer, joins Cars.com to help develop new dealer marketing tools (along with other marketing initiatives).

David’s Bridal hires Chief Marketing Officer from Pier1. Kelly Cook joins this leading retailer after leadership stints at Pier 1, Kmart, Sears and DSW.

Planet Fitness adds CMO from Nissan. Saw this at on A List. This looks like Jeremy Tucker’s first Chief Marketing Officer position. Prior to Planet Fitness and Nissan, he worked in marketing at companies like Disney and PepsiCo.

TopGolf adds new US CMO, from Hilton. Stuart Foster will report to the global CMO of growing brand TopGolf. Stuart brings a wealth of experience around driving traffic and increasing food & beverage and on-site sales.

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