Mark Del Franco

A Little Means a Lot

| Mark Del Franco

In her article Little Improvements Mean a Lot, author Karen M. Kroll details how today’s robust order management systems give marketers

Simplifying S&H

| Mark Del Franco

For direct merchants, there’s no escaping shipping and handling charges. You have to pay the shipper to deliver the goods to your customers, and generally

Fire Sale?

| Mark Del Franco

While the news that Hillsboro, OR-based Norm Thompson Outfitters was sold on March 13 to Catalog Holdings came as a surprise to many, it didn’t cause

Talbots takes J. Jill

| Mark Del Franco

In a turn of events befitting a soap opera, apparel merchant The Talbots on Feb. 6 announced its purchase of fellow cataloger/retailer J. Jill for $517

TIDBITS

| Mark Del Franco

Datavantage buys CommercialWare Natick, MA-based CommercialWare was sold on Feb. 1 for $13.2 million to Cleveland-based Datavantage, a subsidiary of Micros