* Edmond Thomas has been appointed to...

* Edmond Thomas has been appointed to the newly created position of chief operating officer of Wet Seal Inc., an Irvine-based women’s clothing store chain. He was also appointed executive vice president. Thomas had been president and chief operating officer of Domain, a Boston-based home furnishings retailer, for the last year. Before that, he was president and chief financial officer of Foxmoor Specialty Stores Corp.