Carter Cast

  • Shuffle atop Hayneedle: Doug Nielsen & Carter Cast switch roles

    There’s been a change in roles amongst Hayneedle leadership. According to a press release published today, Doug Nielsen (left), chairman, and Carter Cast (right), president and CEO, will exchange their executive management roles. Nielsen, a co-founder of Hayneedle, will…

  • Stacking Up: Hayneedle executive profile series complete

    Over the past few weeks, Andrea Ciurej brought us profiles of Hayneedle’s three recent additions to its executive team: president and CEO Carter Cast, chief marketing officer Ash ElDifraw, and chief merchandising officer Jason Goldberger. When we approached this series – titled Stacking Up in reference to the high level of talent and experience added…

  • Stacking Up: Carter Cast brings marketing legacy to Hayneedle

    Before Carter Cast began building futures with the nation’s leading companies, he was more interested in the building of past civilizations. The Stanford University graduate was a history buff during his college years. Going on to earn a bachelor’s degree in political science, Cast, as a child, was more so an archaeologist who collected rocks…

  • Stacking Up: Hayneedle executive profile series starts Thursday, July 1

    Over the past few years, Hayneedle has been stacking up on talent. The Omaha-founded and still 100 percent Omaha-based online retailer of home furnishings and lifestyle products…

  • NetShops rebrands as Hayneedle

    This morning, Omaha-based online retailer, NetShops, launched what they call a “revolutionary online retail experience: hayneedle.com.” Besides changing their look and feel, the new site introduces shoppers to a universal shopping cart that works across all stores as well as an updated navigation system that allows customers to move between related stores with just one…