HSN Names Ethier CEO Of Cornerstone

Multichannel retailer HSN Inc. has named Mark Ethier CEO of HSNi’s Cornerstone business segment.

Ethier previously was executive VP and COO of HSNi and a director of Cornerstone. He will now focus exclusively on Cornerstone. Ethier will continue to report to HSNi’s CEO, Mindy Grossman.

Cornerstone is comprised of leading home and apparel lifestyle brands including Ballard Design, Frontgate, Garnet Hill, Grandin Road, Improvements, Smith+Noble, The Territory Ahead, and TravelSmith.

Ethier had been executive VP and COO for HSNi since 2004, and was responsible for all aspects of operations across HSN, HSN.com and Cornerstone. These responsibilities included overseeing customer care, fulfillment, logistics, quality assurance, information technology and administration. He was executive VP of operations at HSN between 2001 and 2004.

Prior to HSN, Ethier was with the Walt Disney Company as senior VP of global operations at The Disney Stores.

In addition to Cornerstone, HSN