School Specialty Learning a New WMS
Say you’re a nearly $800 million multititle mailer that has acquired 38 companies in 10 years. You have eight distribution centers nationwide and rely
Marketing
Technically Speaking
If you wish to stay competitive, loosen your purse strings for technology investments, advise analysts at Cambridge, MA-based Forrester Research Inc.
Expat Fever
Your family considers SpaghettiOs to be one of the major food groups. You’ve been dying to squeeze the Charmin once again. And it’s that afternoon complement
People News
Cataloger/retailer The Talbots has promoted Rosemary Murphy to vice president/general merchandise manager, apparel. Murphy, who joined the Hingham, MA-based
Rosier Outlook for the Gardening Market
It would seem that these are not the best of times for gardening catalogers. For starters, increasing competition from big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart,
Reader’s Digest shuts small catalog
While it aggressively pursues the sale of its Good Catalog/Gifts.com business, Reader
Sale of Knives Could Kill Cook Brothers
Is it illegal to sell knives in California? The answer to that question could put general merchandise cataloger Cook Brothers out of business. On Feb.
A Merrier Moore
First, do no harm is a cornerstone of the Hippocratic oath taken by physicians. But when Moore Medical Corp. decided to withdraw from the wholesale drug
The Beauty of CCB-Paris’s Growth Strategy
Three years after Le Club des Crateurs de Beaut Paris (CCB-Paris) expanded into the U.S., the French beauty products cataloger remains committed to the
Retail Report: Creative Differences
As more retailers mail catalogs and more catalogers open stores, the line between print sales vehicles and retail traffic drivers has become a fine one.