August 1, 2008
Recipe For Disaster
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney and Patrick Barnard
Most food gifts catalogers are usually giddy with anticipation this time of year as they gear up for the season that typically brings in the lion's share...
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Going through sizable changes
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Melissa Dowling Editor-in-Chief
Notice anything different? After kicking the idea around for years, we've finally taken the plunge and changed from a tabloid to a standard size. We've...
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The Sportman's Guide Starts Boating Site
Jul 20, 2008 12:00 PM, Tim Parry
Hoping to Build Its Fishing and marine clientele, The Sportsman's Guide has launched a new Website, BoatingSavings.com. The e-commerce site, which went...
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Celebrate Express Sold
Jul 20, 2008 12:00 PM, Patrick Barnard
Party Supplies and Costumes merchant Celebrate Express was sold to holding company Liberty Media for $31 million in cash, or $3.90 per share. The deal,...
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Lab Safety Supply Aquires Highsmith
Jul 20, 2008 12:00 PM, By Patrick Barnard and Jim Tierney
Highsmith, a direct marketer of supplies, furniture and equipment to public and school libraries throughout the U.S., was bought by Lab Safety Supply,...
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May Mailings Plunge
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Tim Parry
Mailbox Clutter seems to be clearing out. According to the Catalog Tracker service of list firm Direct Media, the number of catalogs tracked in May was...
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People
Jul 20, 2008 12:00 PM
David McCreight will join apparel, footwear and accessories company Under Armour in September. McCreight, who had been president of apparel merchant Lands'...
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Horny Toad Aquires Nau
Jul 20, 2008 12:00 PM, Tim Parry
Lifestyle Apparel Manufacturer/Marketer Horny Toad Activewear announced in June that it has acquired the assets of Nau, which sells a clothing line similar...
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Talking Use-Taxes
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, JIM TIERNEY
Out-of-State Online Retailers must now collect state and local taxes from customers in New York, thanks to a provision New York Gov. David Paterson signed...
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Slight Gains for Food Catalog Buyers
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Patrick Barnard
The Food Catalog Market's total universe was 9.5 million names as of the first quarter of this year, according to New York-based list brokerage services...
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A Fallow Fisrt Quarter
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
Given the Obvious Economic Pressures, the first quarter was fairly weak for most of the publicly traded consumer merchants tracked by Multichannel Merchant....
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What's new in stock
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
Buying catalog paper hasn't been fun for a while. For one, prices keep heading up the third quarter marked the fifth consecutive hike in paper costs....
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Getting creative
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Gina Valetino
Your catalog creative has to entice people to open the book; it must make the products look their best and inspire customers to buy. So catalog design...
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ACMA forum
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM
POSTMASTER POTTER: GET IN THE GREEN GAME Catalogers have not been vocal enough about the environmental impact of the industry, Postmaster General John...
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Going organic
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Kevin Rourke
The fast-paced world of search engine optimization changes in the blink of an eye: What was once thought a viable tactic becomes obsolete faster than...
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Websites get ready
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Ken Burke
It's almost here, the season that consumer merchants and gift marketers wait all year for. So is your site up to snuff for the holidays? To get the most...
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Top-10 holiday things to do now
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Still trying to prioritize your to-do list to get your site in shape for the holidays? Jamus Driscoll, vice president of marketing of e-commerce systems...
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All atwitter
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stephan Spencer
Just when you think you've gotten your head around blogging, along comes this whole phenomenon and the popular service that's fueling the trend, Twitter....
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The multichannel trilogy
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Andrea M. Hill
You've probably been in this management meeting: The vice president of marketing has gathered the marketing director, catalog manager, creative director,...
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Filler-mail savings
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Tim Parry
Only a fool would mail a less than-perfect prospect name, right? Not quite true. A small number of mailers are doing it as part of a practice called add-a-name....
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Eying IT expenditures
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Curt Barry
Long before the current economic slowdown, many companies had become more conservative with their IT spending. The latest technology can take a huge amount...
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Shipper scorecard
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Rob Martinez
Iguess they are doing okayI haven't heard too many complaints. This is the most common response I hear from shippers when they're asked about the performance...
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Surviving changing times
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Liz Kislik
Gone through any major changes recently? Most merchants have, thanks to cost pressures and the grim economy. If your company has had some changes, are...
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Changing channels
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Fancey Smith
Bloomingdale's announcement in May that it would cease publishing its Bloomingdale's By Mail catalog and merge that business into its Internet division...
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Back Word
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM
CRUTCHFIELD CARRIES TORCH FOR OLYMPICS The 2008 Summer Olympics are in full swing this month, but one multichannel merchant has already had his Olympic...
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Letter
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM
A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND DOLLARS I found the June article Three Tips For Tough Times by Steve Trollinger very interesting and informative. I specifically...
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Correction
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM
In the July article Packaged Goods, we listed the incorrect measurements for parcels subject to dimensional weight billing. To clarify, if the measurements...
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