DVD EXPRESS Names Former Wherehouse Music and Musicland Executive Paul Ramaker, Vice President, Merchandising.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999-- DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. EXPRESS Inc. (www.dvdexpress.com), the Internet's leading video retailer and authority on digital versatile discs (DVD), announced that it has named former Wherehouse Music and Musicland executive, Paul Ramaker, vice president, merchandising, a new position. Ramaker will be responsible for overseeing and expanding the company's merchandising strategy and vendor relationships. He will report to Michael Dubelko, chief executive officer and founder of DVD EXPRESS. Ramaker was previously vice president, merchandising for Wherehouse Music. "We're very pleased to have Paul as part of our executive team. His 15 years of video, software and music retail experience will be an important asset to DVD EXPRESS and our vendors. He will deepen our current relationships as we continue to expand our product offerings," said Dubelko. "I'm excited to join DVD EXPRESS. The company continues to be a pioneer in online video retail and has great forward momentum toward expanding its reach into other home entertainment categories. I'm looking forward to lending my strategic abilities and helping to lead the charge," said Ramaker. In his role with Wherehouse Music, Ramaker oversaw the growth of numerous merchandise categories, including DVD and VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. movies, video games See video game console. , accessories and trend merchandise. He created and oversaw initiatives for maximizing merchandise sales and leveraging co-op relationships. He also led negotiations with all vendors to establish national programs for all categories and developed new replenishment and store-level inventory strategies. Ramaker also spent 13 years at the Musicland Group, most recently as vice president, merchandise agreement and software marketing in the company's Superstores division. During his tenure at Musicland, he held positions as divisional merchandise manager, regional director-Sam Goody and manager of store operations. At the beginning of his career, Ramaker was a senior financial analyst for B. Dalton Booksellers and National Car Rental. Ramaker holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of St. Thomas University of St. Thomas can refer to:
as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. About DVD EXPRESS DVD EXPRESS, based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and located on the Web at www.dvdexpress.com, is the leader in entertainment product retailing, which immediately provides customers with selection, service, and value. Top rated for customer satisfaction by Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
Merging the future of home entertainment with the future of shopping under the single banner of "High Speed Entertainment," DVD EXPRESS offers customers more than 4,000 DVD-movie and DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. software titles at daily discounts of up to 50 percent as well as music soundtracks and video games. In addition to online retail, DVD EXPRESS is the premier Web destination for DVD, home entertainment and movie enthusiasts, offering a robust online community with entertaining DVD-related editorial content (www.dvd.com), contests, promotions and auctions. DVD EXPRESS can also be found online through its partnerships and advertising deals with the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Network (Keyword: DVD EXPRESS), AOL.com, CompuServe, Go.com (formerly Infoseek), NBC's Videoseeker, Compaq, Gateway and AltaVista. |
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