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Blue Nile appoints retail veteran Kanter as CEO

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Reuters
Published
Mar 20, 2012

Online diamond retailer Blue Nile have named retail industry veteran Harvey Kanter as its chief executive, effective March 30, 2012.


Harvey Kantar

Kanter replaces Vijay Talwar, who took the role on an interim basis after former CEO Diane Irvine resigned last November as the company struggled to pass rising diamond costs to consumers.

Talwar has been appointed as Blue Nile's general manager and will also lead its international business.

Kanter, who has more than 25 years of merchandising and retail experience, was heading Moosejaw Mountaineering and Backcountry Travel Inc, an outdoor apparel retailer, prior to joining Blue Nile, the Seattle-based company said in a statement.

Reporting by Chris Jonathan Peters in Bangalore; Editing by Viraj Nair

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