Kohl’s Considers Replacing Headhunter That Found the CEO It Fired

Kohl’s Corp. is considering cutting ties with the search firm that helped recruit its last chief executive officer, who the company fired just months into his tenure.

Most major search firms offer a guarantee to do a second search if the initial placement goes haywire within the first year. Kohl’s isn’t sure it wants to go back to its original recruiter, Heidrick & Struggles International Inc., and has reached out to at least one rival firm, according to people familiar with the matter who aren’t authorized to speak publicly.