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Gartner agrees to buy AMR Research for about $64 million

In an all-cash deal, technology research and advisory firm Gartner has agreed to acquire AMR Research, whose specialties include covering retail industry supply chains and integrated e-commerce and store point-of-sale systems.

Posted 12/01/2009Zak StamborPost a comment

/ Technology

Holiday shoppers will remain thrifty, Deloitte predicts

Upcoming holiday sales will remain flat at about $810 billion, consulting firm Deloitte Services forecasts.

Posted 09/22/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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The Knot and wish list technology company Felicite.com tie the knot

The Knot, a wedding planning and retail site, has acquired Felicite.com, a developer of wish list technology and operator of eWish.com, a stand-alone gift registry service used by 200 retailers.

Posted 05/26/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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E-commerce software developer Znode hires a chief operating officer

Jeff Haskett most recently was an executive at automotive finance company BMW Group Financial Services. Znode recently received a $1.2 million loan from the Ohio Department of Development for a project expected to create 40 jobs.

Posted 04/27/2009Don DavisPost a comment

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Wedding site The Knot goes local in its web strategy

The Knot has launched 75 wedding-planning, locally specific web sites. It now has 80 local planning sites and plans to have 200 local sites by the end of the year. The sites cover big cities as well as resort areas where many couples go to be wed.

Posted 03/31/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ Technology

Tech Global Partners will buy Consumer Consulting to expand services

Tech Global Partners Inc., a consulting firm for retailers, technology vendors and hospitality providers, has agreed to acquire the assets of Consumer Consulting LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Posted 03/30/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Bob Antall leaves LakeWest to form his own consulting company

Robert Antall has left his position as CEO of retail consulting company LakeWest Group to start his own consulting company, C3 Management Consulting. He joined LakeWest as executive vice president in 1994 and became CEO in 2002.

Posted 02/02/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

BabyAge.com names a new chief operating officer

Joseph C. Sponholz, a former e-commerce executive at an auto parts distributor, has been named chief operating officer of BabyAge.com Inc., a web-only retailer of baby and maternity products.

Posted 08/18/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment