Stage Stores names head of e-commerce

Houston Stage Stores announced that senior VP, CIO Steven Hunter has been promoted to executive VP, CIO. The promotion is being made in conjunction with Hunter assuming responsibility for the company’s e-commerce initiative, which is in the early stage of development. The company is targeting a full rollout of its e-commerce platform in 2011.

Hunter joined Stage Stores in June 2008. Prior to that, he served as senior VP information technology for Belk.