---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-071322"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLTH"
cik: "0001649744"
company_name: "DULUTH HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T23:44:34.169057+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duluth Holdings appoints Stephanie Pugliese as President and CEO, effective May 5, 2025

## Summary
- Pugliese previously served as Duluth's President and CEO from 2015 to 2019, doubling net sales.
- She will receive $850,000 annual base salary and equity grants; replaces Stephen Schlecht as CEO.
- Schlecht becomes Senior Advisor and Chairman; Pugliese also joins Board of Directors.
- Pugliese most recently served as President of Americas at Under Armour until 2023.
- Effective date May 5, 2025; employment agreement includes change-of-control and termination benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-071322
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLTH
- cik: 0001649744
- company_name: DULUTH HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649744/000119312525071322/0001193125-25-071322-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649744/000119312525071322/d936221d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen L. Schlecht changed role as Senior Advisor and Chairman of the Board of Directors at DULUTH HOLDINGS INC..
  - Action: will continue to serve as
  - Role: Senior Advisor and Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: After the Effective Date, Mr. Schlecht will continue to serve as the Senior Advisor to the Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649744/000119312525071322/0001193125-25-071322-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephanie L. Pugliese was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at DULUTH HOLDINGS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Stephanie L. Pugliese as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board of the Company, effective May 5, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649744/000119312525071322/0001193125-25-071322-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephanie L. Pugliese was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at DULUTH HOLDINGS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: appointed Stephanie L. Pugliese as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board of the Company, effective May 5, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649744/000119312525071322/0001193125-25-071322-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.