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Sears appoints a new SVP to restructure its online business

Sears Holdings has appointed Jim Barr, former general manager of MSN Shopping, as the senior vice president in charge of the company’s newly revised online business channel. Sears also named Bruce Johnson as interim CEO to replace Aylwin B. Lewis.

Posted 01/28/2008Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Sears shakes off its e-commerce inertia

Sears is undertaking major initiatives, including consolidating Sears.com and Kmart.com onto a new IBM WebSphere platform to reinvigorate its online brands and gain more market share, says Paul Miller, senior vice president of direct commerce.

Posted 02/19/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

Sears opens an e-commerce operation in downtown Chicago

Sears Holdings Corp. is opening a new e-commerce operation in a familiar location: Chicago’s Loop. The retailer will create a new e-commerce development center at 2 N. State Street, where it operates its Sears on State flagship store.

Posted 12/07/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Lester replaces Mueller as CEO at Williams-Sonoma Inc.

Williams-Sonoma Inc. CEO Ed Mueller retired, effective today, the company reported. He will continue to serve on the board of directors. He is being replaced by board chairman Howard Lester, who served as CEO between 1979 and 2001.

Posted 07/14/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Williams-Sonoma will keep its Internet house in order using WebSphere

To meet the needs of its six rapidly expanding web stores, Williams-Sonoma is migrating to a new IBM WebSphere technology platform in 2006, says Paul Miller, vice president of e-commerce.

Posted 09/14/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

How a holistic brand helps web retailers avoid channel conflict

Retailers should consider organizing all of their multi-channel merchandising initiatives around a single branding concept, Paul Miller, vice president of e-commerce, Williams-Sonoma, will tell attendees at the Shop.org 2005 Annual Summit.

Posted 09/08/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment

Shop.org names five new members of its board

Shop.org, a network organization of the National Retail Federation that focuses on industry trends in Internet retailing, has named five new members to its board of directors.

Posted 08/15/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment