/ E-Retailers

Borders names a new CEO, as overall holiday sales drop 12%

Borders has brought in former Barnes & Noble executive Ron Marshall to serve as president and CEO, succeeding George Jones. It also reports that overall holiday sales fell 11.7%, as the new Borders.com compiled $20.3 million in sales.

Posted 01/06/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ Technology

WebCollage names Jack Sivilli chief financial officer

Sivilli previously was CFO at OfficeTiger LLC, an international outsourcing company. He earlier worked at accounting firms KPMG and Jefferson Wells International as well as at online job-listing service Monster.com.

Posted 10/15/2007Don DavisPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Blair Corp. names a new president

Blair Corp., an online and catalog retailer of apparel and home products, has named Adelmo S. Lopez president and chief executive officer. He was Blair`s executive vice president, COO and CFO and has held positions with apparel manufacturer Russell.

Posted 01/23/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

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GiftCertificates.com loses its CEO

Timothy Barefield will step down Sept. 15 as CEO; beginning August 1, CFO Jeff Byal will assume the role of acting president and CEO.

Posted 06/19/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

iCrossing gets a new chairman and a new COO

Search marketing company iCrossing has named Don Scales as chief operating officer. In addition, Richard Rosenblatt, ex-CEO of Intermix Media and chairman of Myspace.com, has been named non-executive chairman of the board.

Posted 04/03/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

A week after arrival of new CEO, RedEnvelope names a new COO

A week after naming a new CEO, online and catalog gift retailer RedEnvelope has named Frank Buettner chief operating officer, overseeing fulfillment, sourcing, inventory planning, merchandise operations, transportation and IT.

Posted 02/27/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

Ex-Value Vision COO takes over top finance spot at Zomax

Richard D. Barnes, former COO of ValueVision Media, Inc., which operates ShopNBC and ShopNBC.com, has been named executive vice president and CFO of Zomax Inc., which provides e-commerce, supply chain and customer support services to retailers.

Posted 08/29/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

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REI to get a new president

Dennis Madsen will retire next March as CEO of REI, which operates stores as well as REI.com and REI-Outlet.com. COO Sally Jewell, an REI employee since 2000, will succeed him.

Posted 06/08/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment