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New York-based Barneys New York Inc. has announced that Simon Doonan has been appointed to the new role of creative ambassador-at-large, effective immediately. In his new role, Doonan will continue to be a key media spokesperson for the company, will continue to contribute to special window projects, will host special events with customers and media, and will serve as a roving ambassador with links to all creative and communication areas, including social media. The company also announced that Dennis Freedman will join the company as creative director, effective Jan. 17. In his new role, Freedman will be responsible for

Barneys New York announced that Simon Doonan has been appointed to the new role of creative ambassador-at-large. Doonan will continue to be a key media spokesperson for the company, contribute to special window projects, host special events with customers and media, and serve as roving ambassador with links to all creative and communication areas, including social media.

The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer, today announced that Aaron Carmack "These past fifteen years have been the best of my career," said Verschuren. "However, I am ready to take some time off and then plan the next chapter of my life." "We cannot thank Annette enough for all she has done for our Company," said Frank Blake Carmack, a 23-year retail veteran, will assume responsibility for the operations of the Company's 179 Canadian stores. He joined The Home Depot in December 2003 "Aaron has been a consistent high-performing regional vice president for the past several

Wal-Mart has launched a website promoting its entry into New York City. The world's largest retailer currently has no stores there, and despite opposition from Local 1500 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, has expressed interest in opening locations for the past several years.

Unveiled at the National Retail Federation BIG Show in New York City, the magical spinning interactive adiVerse Virtual Footwear Wall potentially puts as many as 8,000 shoes at shoppers' fingertips in a futuristic mashup of e-commerce and the mall.

Red Wing, Minn.-based Red Wing Shoe Co. Inc. plans to open 125 stores in the next five years, according to the Star Tribune. The new stores, which all will be independently owned, will open mostly in Northeastern cities, such as Philadelphia. Red Wing, which specializes in selling work boots, has about 425 U.S. stores—70 percent of which are independently owned and operated. The push into new markets represents about a 20 percent jump in new store growth, according to the company. "We've recognized the stores are an integral part of our brand and our customer likes shopping there," said

CVS has launched what it says is the first beauty club program for the chain drug trade class. The club is an extension of its ExtraCare loyalty card program. ExtraCare card holders who register for the ExtraCare Beauty Club receive additional rewards on beauty purchases andother beauty-specific benefits.

Clothing store chain The Wet Seal Inc. has hired fashion retail veteran Susan P. McGalla as CEO with a contract that runs through 2014. McGalla joins the company on Jan. 18, taking over from interim CEO Ed Thomas.

Amazon.com launched a free iPhone app called Amazon Deals that offers easy, on-the-go access to daily deals from the Amazon.com Gold Box. Customers can use the app to act quickly on limited-availability discounts and stay informed with deal notifications. Amazon.com has a number of shopping apps for mobile devices, including Price Check by Amazon for iPhone, Amazon Windowshop for iPad and the Amazon App for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android-based devices. Amazon Deals appfeatures include reminders and category-specific notifications. Customers can also browse active deals, upcoming Lightning Deals and purchase immediately. The app also includes access to customer reviews,

eBay sellers reported an outage at ProStores, eBay's web-hosting service, on Tuesday. Sellers who host their stores on ProStores reported their sites went down for about two hours beginning at 3:30 pm EST on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the secure pages on a number of ProStores experienced timeout errors. ProStores announced it identified an issue with the traffic load balancer and deemed the problem resolved in the afternoon, before the subsequent outage. ProStores had an outage two days before Christmas, and Lin Shearer, Senior Manager and Head of Marketing and Revenue for ProStores addressed the technical problems that