2 WWD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010 WWD.COM Macy’s Taps Jeff Kantor for Web Post both the online and retail store channels. WWDWeDnesDSportswearay By David Moin “dot-com has grown very rapidly over the Macy’s Inc.’s Web sItes — Macys.coM and past few years and continues to grow rapidly,” FASHION bloomingdales.com — exceeded $1 billion in sales said Macy’s corporate spokesman Jim sluzewski. An upscale and grown-up approach to casual last year, but the corporation wants much more. He said the new online growth strategy would 4 WWd has learned that Macy’s is developing a entail site enhancements and upgrades and ca- dressing has unified a diverse Milan men’s season. strategy to speed growth of its e-commerce busi- pacity improvements to meet growing consumer GENERAL nesses and has reassigned a top merchant, Jeff demand, among other objectives. “It’s all of the Kantor, to become president of merchandising at pieces that would lend itself to [further] growth 2 China returned to the top spot for the first time macys.com, effective aug. 1. in the business,” sluzewski said. “We see it as in eight years while emerging markets in the Kantor will succeed Helaine suval, execu- not only growing online for online’s sake. It also Middle East and North Africa dominated tive vice president of merchandising for macys. has to do with growing the business overall, be- consulting firm A .T. Kearney’s ninth annual com, who is retiring in the spring. In the mean- cause the stores and sites work so well together.” Global Retail Development Index. time, she will oversee the development of “an Kantor, president and general merchandise In a season of anniversaries, Italian men’s wear accelerated growth strategy for the e-commerce manager for Macy’s Home store, will oversee 6 designers continued to reference their archives business,” working closely with sachse and Kent all merchandising for macys.com. and report while simultaneously moving fashion forward. anderson, president of macys.com operations, to Peter sachse, chairman of macys.com and Macy’s said. on the agenda, taking macys.com chief marketing officer of Macy’s Inc. Kantor has EYE international. the company will begin to fulfill been president of merchandising for the home To raise money for chef Alice Waters’ Edible s 10 overseas orders later this year. division since May 2009. Previously, he was Schoolyard initiative Lela Rose, Beth Blake and Mobile marketing is another big opportuni- president of furniture for Macy’s Home from Fernanda Niven invited 65 of their friends to a ty. Macy’s has an iPhone app that drives sales, February 2006 through May 2009, and has been a s Summer Solstice dinner conceived by Waters herself. and the retailer will this fall test shopKick, a longtime department store merchant. Fernanda Niven start-up retail mobile program, to reward cus- suval has been instrumental in growing Macy’s in Thread Social. tomers who visit Macy’s stores. the Palo alto- e-commerce since she joined the organization in Classified Advertisements.................................................................................................15 based start-up shopKick is also launching with 2000. Prior to that, she held senior roles at living. best buy. Macys.com started 12 years ago in san com, avon, bloomingdale’s and bullock’s. 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MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER MATERIALS SUBMITTED china, third in the 2009 study, leapfrogged using a franchise model due to government MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. over India, which fell to third from first, and regulations,” said Mike Moriarty, the Kearney russia, down to 10th from second, in this year’s partner who co-led the study. “some local part- study, while Kuwait, not included in last year’s ners have also created retail business models DAILY Reliance on developing rankings, moved into the second spot. by franchising numerous international brands “ Hana ben-shabat, co-lead- across the region.” QUOTE countries for future er of the study and a partner Kearney also interviewed at Kearney, told WWd that 60 retail executives as part of growth is no longer a ‘nice-to-have,’ china’s move over the week- Global PoTenTial the study. among the findings end, following the study’s of those discussions were: but a necessity. preparation, to allow the yuan Markets with the greatest • nearly 80 percent of to float will mean “the pur- potential for retail those polled included china, ”— Hana Ben-Shabat, A.T. Kearney. Page 2. chasing power of the chinese developMent, according India, brazil and russia consumer is really going to to a.t. kearney’s ninth among their target markets CORRECTION increase. If you’re sourcing annual grdi study: for expansion. there, prices are going to go • ninety-two percent of re- due to a production error, the look up, but selling to the chinese Rank CountRy tailers in emerging markets from roberto cavalli, right, did not is going to become easier.” hope to expand beyond their appear in full on page 8, tuesday. the study measured global 1 china (3) national base, with nearly 30 expansion opportunities in 30 2 kuwait (n/a) percent eyeing a developed markets based on 25 different 3 india (1) country.