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Joe Keenan is the executive editor of Total Retail. Joe has more than 10 years experience covering the retail industry, and enjoys profiling innovative companies and people in the space.

Redcats USA, a multi-channel, web-driven home-shopping leader, announced today the appointment of Jay Berlin to CEO of The Sportsman’s Guide, one of Redcats USA’s premier sporting goods and leisure brands. He will be a member of the Redcats USA Executive Team.

Redcats USA, a multi-channel, web-driven home-shopping leader, announced today that Catherine Doucet has been appointed Senior Vice President of IT and CFO for Redcats USA. She will be a member of the Redcats USA Executive Team.

Why would Redcats USA, the parent company of the former Lane Bryant catalog, abandon such a recognizable name last November by changing it to Woman Within? Plain and simple: The company’s hand was forced. As part of its licensing agreement with Limited Brands, the former owner of the Lane Bryant company that sold the catalog division to Brylane (renamed Redcats several years ago), Brylane agreed to stop using the Lane Bryant name for its mail order catalog 15 years after the acquisition, which was last October. What You Can Learn After unsuccessfully trying to renegotiate the licensing agreement with the management of Charming

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