Management

RadioShack Corp. has hired the chief financial officer of Ace Hardware. Dorvin Lively, 53, will be RadioShack's CFO as well as chief administrative officer, the company said.

Wal-Mart is transferring management of its e-commerce business to store-level leadership in developed countries and said that two online executives are leaving the company.

Amazon.com said that it's adding hundreds of jobs to a central Pennsylvania distribution center. The company said it would add an unspecified number of full-time jobs at the warehouse in Carlisle. Amazon officials say hourly jobs in packing and shipping will be available, along with management positions.

CVS has been receiving some negative press and social media commentary over the length of its paper receipts. Take this posting from the Facebook page "One Million Strong Against Unnecessarily Long CVS Receipts" as an example: "My last CVS receipt for $3.34 was 25.5 inches long. And that's too (expletive) long. I don't care that they use my CVS card to track me across the planet, I just want a receipt that isn't 1/3rd my height."

Brown Shoe Company has made four strategic additions to the leadership team within its American Sporting Goods division, appointing James M. Hoff as vice president, sales, across all ASG brands; Alan Vickers as vice president, international; Brad Little as vice president and brand manager, Avia and Nevados; and Jorge Cabrera as vice president, athletic product development.

Ashley Stewart, a manufacturer of plus-size apparel, announced that its board of directors has appointed Celia Clancy as president and CEO. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead Ashley Stewart, with its iconic brand in plus-size fashion and deep heritage in the urban community," said Clancy.

Despite leaving the company five weeks ago, Shoebuy.com founder and former President and CEO Scott Savitz led a session at this week's eTail conference in Boston where he detailed the steps the online footwear retailer took to grow into one of the most successful online brands, averaging more than 8 million visitors to the site monthly and realizing gross margins in excess of 43 percent for those visitors.

PC Connection announced that Timothy McGrath has been promoted to CEO. McGrath will succeed co-founder Patricia Gallup, who will continue as executive chairman of the board of directors and also serve as chief administrative officer, overseeing corporate governance and administration.

Online lingerie retailer BareNecessities.com announced that it's named Jay Dunn as its new chief marketing officer. Dunn was the former vice president/chief marketing officer of Lane Bryant and the man behind the company's controversial "Red Bra" campaign that was banned from ABC for being "too sexy."

No doubt about it, the job recovery has all but hit a standstill. Job growth has slowed to a trickle (only 57,000 private sector jobs in June) and to make matters worse, the summer seemed to bring a flurry of layoff announcements from some of the country's largest companies.