Staples Inc. promoted Michael J. Ragunas to vice president of information systems and Kevin B. Dempsey to vice president of merchandising at Staples.com. Ragunas had been director of information systems; Dempsey, vice president of merchandising for Staples’ operations in Germany and the United Kingdom.
Flycast Communications Corp., San Francisco, promoted Jeff Leahman to executive vice president and chief revenue officer; Lyn Chitow Oakes to executive vice president and chief marketing officer; and Peter Nicas to executive vice president of strategy and business development.
Steve Jobs, CEO and chairman of Pixar Animation Studios as well as interim CEO of Apple, has been appointed to the board of directors of Gap Inc. In addition to its retail chains, the Gap operates an online store, (http://www.gap.com) and the Banana Republic catalog.