Chief Marketer Staff

• Digital

  Shipwire Opens Canadian Facility

  Fulfillment outsourcer Shipwire, Inc. is expected to announce today the opening of a new facility in Toronto, Canada.

• Agencies

  Charming Shoppes Starts One Title, Shutters Another

  (Multichannel Merchant) A week after launching its Lane Bryant catalog, Charming Shoppes yesterday announced it would close its Regalia women’s apparel catalog.

• Agencies

  Fila Launches Online Model Contest

  Shoemaker Fila is looking to make several consumers media stars in an online modeling contest this month.

• Tim Ellis Tapped as Volkswagen Marketing Executive

  Tim Ellis has been named vice president of marketing for Volkswagen of America.

• Catapult Marketing Lands AOR for Perdue Farms

  Perdue Farms Inc. has named Catapult Marketing as its agency of record for national consumer and retail promotions.

• Family Dollar Taps Smith as Vice President of Marketing

  Family Dollar has named Donald Smith as vice president of marketing.

• News Brief

  MCDONALD’S: restaurants nationwide are kicking off World Children’s Day, a global program that raises millions of dollars for Ronald McDonald House Charities, with a celebrity tour featuring actress Hayden Panettiere and multi-platinum artist and songwriter Ne-Yo.

• Agencies

  Loose Cannon: How We Lost Moscow

  The fact that the free flow of information in Moscow is limited shouldn

• Virgin America Names New VP of Marketing

  Virgin America has named Porter Gale as its new vice president of marketing.

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