August 25, 2009 (FinancialWire) — GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME s) said that David W. Carlson, GameStop’s founding executive vice president and CFO, will retire effective March 1, 2010. Catherine R. Smith has joined GameStop as EVP and CFO.

Smith most recently served as EVP and CFO of Dallas-based Centex. Smith has also served as CFO of Kennametal (NYSE: KMT), Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Systems unit and the intelligence and information systems business of Raytheon.

Carlson has been with GameStop since its inception in 1996.

Grapevine, Texas-based GameStop is a video game and entertainment software retailer. The company operates 6,333 retail stores in 17 countries worldwide.

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