Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., the media and merchandising company behind celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart, has hired Michael Robinson to build out its own e-commerce presence and to help build the e-commerce web site it is developing with J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
Robinson will take on the role of vice president of e-commerce, a newly created position. Robinson hails most recently from apparel retailer Urban Outfitters Inc., where he led the development and launch of e-commerce for that company’s Anthropologie unit, Martha Stewart Living says. He most recently was head of e-commerce for Anthropologie Europe. Urban Outfitters is No. 48 in Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide.
Earlier in his career, Robinson worked for outdoor furniture retailer Smith & Hawken Ltd., which Target Corp. (No. 23) acquired the assets of in 2010, and Banana Republic, a unit of Gap Inc., No. 22 in the Internet Retailer Top 500.
via Newsmakers – Martha Stewart hires an e-commerce chief – Internet Retailer.
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