CNET Vice President Alice Hill Joins CornerHardware.com As EVP, Executive Web Site Producer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2000 CornerHardware.com, an emerging online home improvement e-tailer, today announced the addition of Alice Hill as the company's Executive Vice President and Executive Producer. Hill joins CornerHardware.com from CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , Inc., where she was the Vice President of Development, responsible for the ongoing development and content programming for CNET's network of Web sites. At CornerHardware.com, Hill will oversee management of the company's family of innovative, interactive Web sites, including supervising all content, community, customer service and commerce activities. Hill will also be responsible for business development. "The role of Executive Vice President responsible for managing our Web site is especially important for CornerHardware.com as we prepare to launch our site and deliver a wide range of services to our customers," said Rich Takata, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , CornerHardware.com. "Alice brings tremendous leadership skills to this role, and will complement what is arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. the strongest management team in the pure e-commerce home improvement space." "The rush of new businesses establishing a presence on the Web has, unfortunately, failed to create a large number of companies that take full advantage of the power of this still-emerging medium," said Hill. "However, when I was first approached by CornerHardware.com, I was immediately impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: by the company's approach of providing not only products, but also project tutorials, online support, a customer community and a variety of other innovative features. I'm really looking forward to the challenge of managing the site, building on what has already been accomplished and delivering a truly compelling experience for our customers." Customers can now go to www.cornerhardware.com to get a preview of the site and provide suggestions and other feedback. About CornerHardware.com Founded in early 1999, CornerHardware.com expects to be the leading home improvement destination on the Internet for the do-it-yourself, buy-it-yourself and professional customer. The company's goal is to be the most complete online provider of home improvement help and advice, hardware and tools, lighting, plumbing plumbing, piping systems inside buildings for water supply and sewage. The Romans had a highly developed plumbing system; water was brought to Rome by aqueducts and distributed to homes in lead pipes—hence the name plumbing from the Latin word plumbum and electrical supplies, housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. and other related goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. . CornerHardware.com is based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . |
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