Hanover Direct Closes Another Call Center

| MCM staff

Multititle cataloger Hanover Direct is shutting down its call center in Hanover, PA, come April, resulting in layoffs for 105 workers.

Are You a Candidate For Network Consolidation?

| Brian Hudock

If you’re considering consolidating your company’s distribution network into a single central distribution center (DC) or just consolidating regional DCs into super regional DCs, you

It’s 2009: Do You Know Where Your Inventory Is?

| Debra Ellis

Inventory management may not be as sexy as creating social media strategies or viral marketing campaigns, but it is a key component in your marketing strategy. How you manage your relationships with your vendors and stock levels has a direct affect on customer loyalty and profitability.

Retail Pro, Page-Digital File for Bankruptcy

| Paul Sobota

Retail merchandise management systems vendor Retail Pro (formerly Island Pacific) and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Page Digital, IP Retail Technologies International and Sabica Ventures, entered into Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Jan. 10.

Amazon, Overstock, Lose Round One Against NY Online Tax Law

| Patrick Barnard

Amazon.com and Overstock.com have lost the first round of their lawsuits challenging a relatively new tax law allowing the state of New York to collect sales taxes from Web retailers with no physical presence in the state.

National Business Furniture Opens Three DCs

| Patrick Barnard

To shorten delivery times and provide better service to its customers, National Business Furniture opened three new distribution centers in Austell, GA, Reno, NV, and Cranbury, NJ, in early 2008.