An activist investor that has long targeted Kohl’s Corp.
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is ratcheting up the pressure, calling on the department-store chain to make changes to its board or face another proxy fight.
Macellum Advisors GP LLC, which has a roughly 5% stake in Kohl’s, is urging the company to replace three or more long-tenured directors, including its chairman, after sale talks collapsed earlier this year and as the share price sags, people familiar with the matter said.
