/ E-Retailers

Northwest retail chain Joe’s Sports hires new head of e-commerce

Wilsonville, OR-based Joe`s Sports & Outdoor has hired Kelly C. Jett as e-commerce manager. He formerly was web business development manager for Salomon North America.

Posted 08/06/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

Stores’ inventory a virtual warehouse for Pendleton-USA.com

Pendleton and its technology vendors develop an application that automatically checks for items in the company’s own retail stores if they’re not in Pendleton’s catalog/web inventory or in an incoming purchase order.

Posted 01/17/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Harry & David to go public

Medford, OR-based Harry & David Holdings Inc., formerly Bear Creek Holdings Inc., has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.

Posted 08/05/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Bear Creek tracks increased sales to e-learning

Bear Creek, whose retail operations include Jackson & Perkins catalog and Harry and David stores and catalog, is realizing "a great increase" in sales directly related to the results of an employee web-based e-learning program.

Posted 09/13/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

Safeway.com cuts mid-week delivery fees in Oregon

Safeway.com is offering reduced delivery charges of $4.95 for mid-week days in the Portland area, the opposite of what it is charging in San Francisco and Sacramento.

Posted 05/20/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

Albertson`s expands its online grocery service to Oregon

Hard on the heels of an expansion of Albertsons.com from San Diego to a major portion of the rest of Southern California, Albertson’s is expanding its offering to the Portland, OR, metro area.

Posted 03/04/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

Nike Runs with Alpha Online

When Nike Inc. decided to add an e-commerce layer to its Web site-to sell the shoes and clothes it promotes online-staffers didn't have much direct-to-consumer retail experience to go on: no catalog operation, no order-fulfillment program. But the executive who's overseeing the launch, Mary Kate Buckley, is a pro at figuring out how to implement retail operations under the most challenging circumstances. "I am most excited when I'm in unchartered...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Nike Teams Up With FogDog

In a joint announcement today, Nike and Fogdog Sports entered into a strategic relationship that will allow the leading Internet sporting goods retailer to purchase and sell Nike products online in the United States beginning with the 1999 holiday season. Representing another step in its unfolding Internet strategy, Nike chairman and CEO Philip H. Knight also disclosed that the agreement includes a provision that Nike will take a minority equity...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment