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Photo: Renato Watches Inc. Announces 2009 Expansion Initiatives (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Renato Watches Inc., the luxury watch company most recognized for building a largely successful brand and customer base through the home shopping vehicle ShopNBC, has announced its 2009 expansion initiatives, which include an aggressive Web, television, and retail strategy driven by its 'direct-to-customer' business model. us.rd.yahoo.com
Shareholders to ValueVision: Sell now (Pioneer Press) Angry shareholders blistered the board of ValueVision Media on a conference call Monday, suggesting directors should hire an investment bank to sell the struggling Eden Prairie-based operator of the ShopNBC shopping network and Web site. us.rd.yahoo.com
ShopNBC fires CEO after sales plummet (InternetRetailer.com) TV and online shopping network ShopNBC announced Friday a 26% drop in its fiscal second quarter sales and the departure of CEO Rene Aiu, who took the job less than six months ago. us.rd.yahoo.com
Lapper trays should appear 30 minutes into QVC segment (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer) Expect to see Columbus resident Ashley Hatcher and her Lapper dinner trays roughly 30 minutes into tonight's 8-10 p.m. segment of the QVC shopping program, "Kitchen Ideas." us.rd.yahoo.com
ValueVision board is lambasted (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Some investors in the parent company of ShopNBC questioned turnover at the top and board members' fitness to continue. us.rd.yahoo.com
ShopNBC ousts CEO of 5 months after sales sink (AP via Yahoo! Finance) ValueVision Media Inc.'s ShopNBC replaced its chief executive officer Friday, minutes before announcing that sinking sales pushed the 24-hour television shopping network to a wider loss in the most recent quarter. us.rd.yahoo.com
ShopNBC Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Financial Results (Broadcast Newsroom) MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- (Marketwire) -- 08/22/08 -- ShopNBC (NASDAQ: VVTV), a 24-hour TV shopping network, today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2008. us.rd.yahoo.com
Irish native and Methuen resident making her tasteful mark on both sides (Boston Globe) IRISH PRIDE: A native of Derry, Northern Ireland, Ann Mullan-Karakatsanis traveled to America in 1990 to attend a program designed for Irish entrepreneurs at Boston College. Adopting the American "can-do" attitude, she then embarked on designing a line of pottery for the American market that would reflect her Irish heritage while creating manufacturing jobs in her homeland. us.rd.yahoo.com
Farewell to Texas Stadium campaign getting started in Irving (Dallas Morning News) The end is nigh for Texas Stadium – and the Dallas Cowboys are already counting down. As construction crews ready a behemoth new home for America's Team in Arlington, a Cowboys marketing campaign is focusing on the last season in the 37-year-old Irving landmark with the famed hole in the roof. us.rd.yahoo.com
ValueVision ousts new CEO after five months (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Chairman John Buck took over parent firm ValueVision Media of Eden Prairie after CEO Rene Aiu was let go because of a dismal quarter. us.rd.yahoo.com
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