Paper Wishes Takes On Its Own Fulfillment

| Tim Parry

Multichannel crafts merchant Paper Wishes in late 2007 thought it would be a good thing to bring its fulfillment closer to home by choosing a nearby outsourcer. But after a disastrous experience with a local third-party provider, the marketer last year decided to take charge its own fulfillment.

Keep Your Product Vendors in Line

| Melissa Dowling

Multichannel merchants could be doing a better job keeping tabs on their merchandise vendors, according to Curt Barry, president of operations consultancy F. Curtis Barry & Co. Specifically, Barry told attendees at the NCOF show in Las Vegas last month that more direct merchants should be using vendor scorecards.

Vera Bradley Bags a New Automated DC

| Jeff Morris

If you’ve ever outgrown your distribution center and technology, you know what Vera Bradley was going through a few years ago. The company sells handbags,

Is Now a Good Time to Invest in Systems?

| Curt Barry

Provided Your Company is in relatively good financial health, this is an excellent time to invest in the e-commerce, order management and warehouse management

Surveying the software landscape

| Curt Barry

Multichannel merchants shopping for direct and retail systems have long complained that there were few choices in terms of vendors and their offerings.