USA.NET, Colorado Springs, CO, has hired Jon Alcorn to be its VP of product marketing. Alcorn was previously VP of the Interactive Services division at Cendant. At USA.NET, Alcorn will direct the growth and implementation of new and existing services. USA.NET provides advanced messaging solutions to consumers, service providers, and businesses.
Paragren Technologies Inc., Reston, VA, and Hyperion Corp., Sunnydale, CA, will jointly provide mutual clients a platform that integrates the Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server with Paragren’s One-By-One enterprise marketing software. The new platform supports performing marketing analysis on large customer databases, and is geared toward customer resource management analytics.
The Sportsman’s Guide, South St. Paul, MN, has adopted a shareholder rights plan, which is designed to encourage potential acquirers of the company to negotiate directly with the company’s board. The plan incorporates a dividend distribution of one common stock purchase right per share of common stock held, and is seen as a countermeasure against a hostile takeover.
Toys “R” Us, Paramus, NJ, has named Bob Moog chief executive officer of its toysrus.com subsidiary.
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