BabyUniverse Gets Posh—Posh Tots

| John Fischer

Fort Lauderdale, FL-based Web merchant BabyUniverse on Jan. 13 acquired Richmond, VA-based PoshTots, a multichannel merchant of upscale furnishings for children

Ecometry Partners with IBM Point of Sale Group

| MCM staff

Delray Beach, FL-based Ecometry is partnering with the IBM Point of Sale (POS) Retail Store Solution Group. The partnership results from a relationship IBM had with ADS Retail, an Upper Marlboro, MD-based provider of point-of-sale software, which Ecometry acquired in October 2005.

Home Depot Acquires Hughes Supply

| Jim Tierney

In its largest purchase since it was founded in 1978, Atlanta-based Home Depot acquired Hughes Supply, a $4.42 billion distributor of construction materials and products, for $3.47 billion.

PAYMENT PLANS

| Mark Del Franco

Pretty much every merchant accepts sales via major credit cards and checks that’s how the business works. But a number of other payment methods and billing

Successful Contact Center Outsourcing

| MCM staff

Most U.S. businesses today are vastly different in structure, strategy, and purpose than they were even 10 years ago. But it’s safe to say that for utter

Ealing heads home

| John Fischer

After spending more than eight years in the U.S., optics and laser accessories manufacturer/marketer Ealing Catalog is returning to the U.K., where it

After sale, will SkyMall soar?

| Mark Del Franco

Now that SkyMall has been sold to Spire Capital and ZelnickMedia Corp., look for the inflight co-op cataloger to ramp up its sales. Its new owners see