January 10, 2008

People in Retail - JCPenney person to head shop.org

JCPenney new business development VP Richard Last has been tapped to be the chairman of shop.org, the digital arm of the National Retail Federation, the trade group said Wednesday.


Penney VP to head online shopping trade group - Dallas Business Journal:


JCPenney new business development VP Richard Last has been tapped to be the chairman of shop.org, the digital arm of the National Retail Federation, the trade group said Wednesday.

Last, who oversees jcp.com, is part of a new executive committed for the group. He replaces Elaine Rubin, president of Ekrubin Inc., who had been chairwoman for the past eight years.

Jupiter Research retail analyst Patti Freeman Evans is shop.org's new vice chairwoman.

Shop.org, a division of the National Retail Federation, is the world's leading membership community for digital retail. It was founded in 1996 and counts the country's 10 largest retailers as members, and more than 60 percent of the top 100 online retailers as members.

Posted by staff at January 10, 2008 02:10 PM