Luxury website selects Wambach as new ceo

Andrea Lillo -- Home Textiles Today, 2/12/2001 12:00:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -Luxury goods and services website eluxury.com announced the appointment of Barbara Wambach as its new ceo.

"Barbara Wambach has been with eluxury.com since its earliest stages and was a key member of the initial management team overseeing the site's direction and launch," said Myron Ullman, group managing director of parent company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

"Her strong relationships with the vendor community have helped to ensure eluxury's wide selection and diverse stable of prestige brands on the site. We have great confidence in Barbara's vision and leadership, and believe that under her direction, eluxury will continue to grow and prosper, reaching new levels of success."

She replaces Alain Lorenzo, who has been named ceo-designate of the new venture between LVMH and the De Beers Group.

Among its product category offerings, the new site offers such high-end home items as Anichini bedding and towels and Jonathan Adler pillows and throws.