Ivy Chin

Belk, Inc. operates retail department stores. The firm provides customers one-stop shopping, with merchandise mix and offerings of brands, styles, assortments and sizes. It also sells brands of fashion apparel, shoes and accessories for women, men and children, as well as cosmetics, home furnishings, house wares, fine jewelry, gifts and other types of merchandise. The firm also sells private label brands, which offer customers differentiated merchandise selections. The company was founded by William Henry Belk on May 29, 1888 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Shop.org provides online marketing and merchandising information. It enables to share information about e-tailing and other non-store retailing channels. Shop.org also provides workshops, seminars, networking opportunities, research and e-commerce trade shows. It also publishes a weekly newsletter. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.