Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Penney Axes Chief Operating Officer

  J. C. Penney Co. Inc. has fired executive vice president and chief operating officer Catherine West but gave no reason.

• Agencies

  DigiMedical Solutions Names Rice VP of Technology

  DigiMedical Solutions Inc. has named Lloyd Rice vice president of technology.

• Miles Kimball Taps Junction Solutions

  Miles Kimball Co. has chosen Junction Solutions to provide warehouse management, order management, fulfillment, merchandising and marketing software.

• Agencies

  Certified Diabetic Gets $2 Million in Financing

  Certified Diabetic Services Inc., a diabetic supplies and pharmaceuticals direct marketer, has closed a $2 Million private placement debt financing to be used to repay outstanding bank debt and provide working capital.

• Agencies

  Unilever Extends Dove Online

  Unilever’s latest Dove launch gets a double dose of video support, with a videoblog piggybacked to an ad contest.

• Nike Kicks Off New Year’s Challenge

  In a new spin on New Year’s goals, Nike has added a feature to one of its Web sites to help runners and athletes met their goals in 2007.

• Agencies

  And Now, a Toast for Pregnant Women

  A kosher juice maker is hosting an unusual sampling program to a very targeted audience this New Year’s Eve.

• Agencies

  Meet the Broker: Jennifer L. Rickard

  Today we meet Jennifer L. Rickard, executive vice president at Rickard List Marketing. Rickard worked in the financial services industry before joining the family owned business 18 years ago.

• Listline e-Newsletter 12/28/06

  Nearly 110,000 records are available on the Excite.com Postal Address
  file. Roughly 65% of those who visit the Excite.com Web site register as
  members and provide information about their interests.

• Agencies

  PayPerPost to Acquire Assets of Performancing.com

  PayPerPost, a new service that offers to match companies with bloggers who will write about them in return for cash, has signed a letter of intent to acquire some assets of Performancing LLC, operator of Performancing.com, an Internet community site for professional bloggers.