Saks names president of direct unit

NEW YORK — Saks has named Michael Burgess as president of its direct business, effective May 7, 2012. Burgess will report to Denise Incandela, EVP and chief marketing officer for Saks Fifth Avenue and current president of Saks direct. Burgess has served as EVP of the consumer division of FTD at United Online since 2008 where he led merchandising, marketing, consumer information technology, and several other functions of the growing FTD North America business segment. Burgess held the post of VP and general manager, internet business, of Teleflora LLC between 2006 and 2008. Prior to that, he held various