Kohl's Corp. has fired CEO Ashley Buchanan after just four months on the job − the latest in a series of negative developments for one of Wisconsin's largest companies. Buchanan was fired after he violated company policies by directing Kohl's "to engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest,

Kohl's Corporation said Thursday it has fired CEO Ashley Buchanan for cause after an investigation found he had violated the company's conflict-of-interest policies. Buchanan was terminated after an external investigation found that he directed the company to engage in transactions that involved "undisclosed conflicts of interest,

Kohl's said Thursday that CEO Ashley Buchanan was terminated for cause, replaced by interim CEO Michael Bender.