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Neil Ashe joins Wal-mart as CEO of global e-commerce

January 17, 2012

Marketing executive Neil Ashe has joined Wal-mart Stores as president and CEO of the company's global e-commerce business. Ashe is replacing Eduardo Castro-Wright, who is retiring but who will assist in the transition, the retailer confirmed Jan. 17.
 

Department of Commerce: E-commerce spending up

November 17, 2011

U.S. retail e-commerce totaled $48.2 billion during the third quarter of 2011, an increase of 13.7% compared with the third quarter of 2010, according to Nov. 17 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
 

Office Depot names new international division president

November 14, 2011

Office Depot promoted Steve Schmidt to president of the international division, the company said in a Nov. 14 statement. Schmidt will replace Charles Brown, who was fired in September for having an "improper relationship" with an associate.
 

Amazon supports, eBay opposes new Internet sales tax bill

November 09, 2011

Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and seven other senators introduced a bill Nov. 9 that would restore each state's sovereign right to enforce state and local sales and use tax laws. The "Marketplace Fairness Act" would also exempt online retailers with less than $500,000 in annual revenue from collecting and remitting sales or use tax.
 

Sears Holdings' marketing president to resign

November 03, 2011

David Friedman, Sears Holdings Corp.'s SVP and president of marketing, will resign his post in January. Imran Jooma, SVP and president of e-commerce at Sears Holdings, will manage the retailer's online, marketing, financial services and pricing business units.
 

Toys 'R' Us to launch integrated holiday campaign

October 28, 2011

Toys "R" Us will launch its integrated 2011 holiday advertising campaign on Oct. 30., featuring direct mail, email, social media and TV elements.
 

Amazon.com Q3 net sales, marketing expenses up

October 26, 2011

Amazon.com reported a third quarter net sales increase of 44% to $10.88 billion compared with the third quarter of 2010. Third quarter marketing expenses increased 53.5% to $370 million compared with Q3 2010.
 

Target.com president resigns

October 14, 2011

Steve Eastman, president of Target.com, resigned on Oct. 13, Target Corp. said. It is immediately unclear who will replace him.
 

Liz Claiborne sells brand portfolio to JCPenney for $288 million

October 13, 2011

Liz Claiborne Inc. agreed to sell the Liz Claiborne, Monet and Kensie brands, and completed the sale of the Dana Buchman brand, for total cash proceeds of approximately $328 million, Liz Claiborne Inc. CEO William McComb said during an Oct. 13 conference call.
 

Rockport names Hunt head of e-commerce

September 29, 2011

Kimberley Correia Hunt has been named head of e-commerce at Adidas-owned footwear brand The Rockport Co. Emmanuelle Accad, director of global PR and events at The Rockport Co. confirmed the hire to Direct Marketing News. Hunt will report to Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, VP of global retail at Rockport, effective Oct. 11.
 

Sexy dumb girls: JCPenney's go-to-market strategy

September 29, 2011

JCPenney thinks all girls are brainless sex objects and men are horny slobs.
 

Cabela's names Williams CMO

September 28, 2011

Cabela's Inc. named Scott Williams its EVP, chief marketing and e-commerce officer, the outdoors product retailer said in a statement. Williams will report to Cabela's CEO Tommy Millner.
 

Office Depot exec ousted for 'improper relationship' with associate

September 27, 2011

Office Depot has terminated Charlie Brown, president of the international division, for having an improper relationship with an associate, the company said in a statement. A replacement was not immediately named.
 

Experian to launch digital catalog app next year

September 16, 2011

Experian Marketing Services is building a catalog application for the iPad and all Android devices, Jeff Hassemer, VP of product strategy, told Direct Marketing News. The product will be available in the first quarter of 2012.
 

Candyland: The Shop.org Annual Summit '11

September 15, 2011

Where the world's top retail minds reminisce on their successes.
 

Brands should avoid overuse of flash-sales sites: Shop.org 2011

September 14, 2011

Retailers should only use flash-sales sites periodically because overuse can be detrimental when they unnecessarily discount products that aren't excess inventory, said Ben Fischman, chairman and CEO of Rue La La.
 

Google relaunches product search: Shop.org 2011

September 14, 2011

Google relaunched its product search page on Sept. 14, said Stephanie Tilenius, VP of commerce and payments at the Mountain View, Calif.-based company. It will also soon debut Google+ business pages, she said, although she did not reveal a specific date.
 

Social media drives better service, not commerce: Shop.org 2011

September 13, 2011

Social media does not drive sales, said Bill Bass, president of the Charming Direct division of plus-size clothing holding company Charming Shoppes.
 

Digital helps Columbia Sportswear boost revenue by $500M: Shop.org 2011

September 13, 2011

Columbia Sportswear Co. has projected that its 2011 revenue will increase to $1.7 billion, compared with $1.2 billion in 2008, due to its digital innovations, said Michael McCormick, EVP of global sales and marketing at the company.
 

EBay turns to Wenig to lead Marketplaces division

September 07, 2011

EBay has hired Devin Wenig, former CEO of Thomson Reuters' Markets division, as president of its global eBay Marketplaces business unit. He will report to John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay.
 

Amazon.com planning e-commerce site relaunch

September 06, 2011

Amazon.com will launch a revamped e-commerce site this fall. The upgraded site will feature enhanced product search and tablet navigation, according to numerous media reports.
 

Amazon.com tops favorite online retailer list

September 01, 2011

Amazon.com, Wal-Mart Stores and eBay are consumers' preferred online-shopping destinations, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation's Stores magazine. Macy's joined the "Favorite 50 Online Retailers" survey's top 10 at No. 8, and Nordstrom made its debut at No. 30.
 

FX, Cycle Gear team up for 'Sons of Anarchy' sweeps

August 18, 2011

FX Networks and motorcycle apparel retailer Cycle Gear have launched a sweepstakes to promote the season-four premiere of the series Sons of Anarchy and to grow both companies' email databases.
 

Staples second-quarter net income up

August 17, 2011

Staples reported $5.8 billion in total sales in the second quarter, a 5.2% increase compared with the same period of 2010. Second-quarter net income for the Framingham, Mass.-based office-supply retailer increased 36% year-over-year to $176 million. Operating expenses grew 8.3% to $1.3 billion compared with last year.
 

Wal-Mart shakes up e-commerce operations then blames economy for poor US sales

August 16, 2011

Maybe, just maybe, Wal-Mart's recent e-commerce struggles have more to do with the company's mediocrity than the economy does.
 

Wal-Mart US e-commerce chief resigns

August 15, 2011

Steve Nave, SVP and GM of Walmart.com US, has resigned. The retailer will replace him with former SVP Joel Anderson, who has been promoted to president of Walmart.com US, according to an internal memo provided to Direct Marketing News.
 

July retail sales pick up speed

August 12, 2011

US retail and food services sales increased 0.5% in July to $392.4 billion compared with June, and grew 8.5% compared with last July, according to US Census Bureau estimates. Sales in the retail and food services sector increased 7.9% to $2.7 trillion in the first seven months of 2011, compared with the same period of last year.
 

Lands' End taps Demandware for global e-commerce expansion

August 09, 2011

Clothing retailer Lands' End has selected e-commerce platform provider Demandware to support the company's international online operations. The multichannel retailer has launched a cloud-based e-commerce platform in Austria, Germany, France, the UK and Sweden.
 

Huber named Lands' End CEO

August 02, 2011

Sears Holdings has named Edgar Huber president and CEO of Lands' End, the company said in an August 1 statement. He will replace former CEO Nicholas P. M. Coe, who left the company in May to become CEO of Bath & Body Works Brand Management.
 

Gap eyes global expansion with new marketing push

Sarah Shearman, Reporter, Marketing August 01, 2011

Gap, whose previous campaigns have focused primarily on the US, has rolled out a global campaign to create awareness around its 1969 autumn collection.