/ Marketing

Retail chain Shopko plans to launch its first e-commerce site

The Green Bay, WI-based chain of general merchandise stores plans to launch its first retail e-commerce site on a technology platform provided by SpeedFC.

Posted 08/31/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Former Kohl’s exec is the new CEO at Burlington Coat Factory

A former senior executive vice president who oversaw e-commerce at Kohl’s Corp. is the new CEO of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. As the new CEO, Thomas A. Kingsbury will be paid a minimum annual base salary of $850,000, the company says.

Posted 12/08/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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/ Technology

eSoles rolls out web-based kiosks in Trek stores

With a strategy based on high-tech gear and personalized service, Trek Bicycle Corp. is benefitting from eSoles` web-enabled in-store scanning systems designed to get perfect dimensions of a customer’s feet to match with customized footwear insoles.

Posted 09/02/2008Don DavisPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Gary C. Comer, Lands` End founder, dies

Gary C. Comer, founder of Lands` End and its chairman until 2002, died Wednesday in Chicago.

Posted 10/05/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

Woodman’s Markets will offer 1-hour digital photo service

Woodman’s Markets, a Janesville, WI-based food retailer, will use the LifePics online imaging solution to enable customers to upload digital photos and pick up prints in an hour at 11 stores.

Posted 04/20/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Marketing

OshKosh B’Gosh to launch new site with Amazon Services

Apparel retailer OshKosh B’Gosh signed a multi-year agreement with Amazon Services under which Amazon will build and maintain a new OshKosh web site, OshKosh B`Gosh said today.

Posted 04/21/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment

Sears reportedly looking to sell Lands’ End

Sears wants to throw in the towel in its bid to grow its softlines business with Lands’ End, according to published reports that Sears is looking for a buyer for its popular apparel brand.

Posted 03/16/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

Black is black: A new web site sells only black fashions

Observing that black sells out the fastest of any fashion color, a group of former Kohl’s Corp. executives has launched ZakBlack.com and a store that will feature only black apparel and home fashions.

Posted 09/17/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment