Prioritizing your tech spend

| Curt Barry

Most catalog/Internet companies are looking for opportunities to reduce expenses across the enterprise given the current economy, they’d be crazy not

Gardens Alive! Revives the Paragon

| Jim Tierney

The Industry had a Dose of Good News when it was reported last month that Gardens Alive! had purchased gifts cataloger The Paragon, which had closed when

A Paragon of decency

| MCM staff

It’s certainly been quite a year. As business conditions went from bad to worse, the size and scope of the multichannel merchant firms running into serious

IT Spending Priorities

| Curt Barry

When the economy is way down, catalog/Internet companies may be tempted to suspend all IT investments until business picks up again.

Lab Safety Operations to Merge With Grainger’s

| Patrick Barnard

Industrial safety supplies distributor Lab Safety Supply will combine its warehouse/fulfillment and back office operations with those of its parent company, facilities maintenance supplies distributor W.W. Grainger.

Replacements, Ltd. Expanding to Mega DC

| Patrick Barnard

Seeking to consolidate its warehouse operations into one centralized facility, Replacements, Ltd., which sells replacement pieces for china, crystal, silver, contemporary and collectible tabletop sets, is adding 500,000 sq. ft. to its main distribution center in Greensboro, NC.

Former Paragon CEO Helps Reopen Its RI DC

| Tim Parry

Some Rhode Island residents consider fixing up their beach house as a summer project. Steve Rowley brought a shuttered 132,000 sq.-ft. distribution center in Westerly, RI, back to life.

Long Tall Sally Leaps Across the Pond

| Jim Tierney

Long Tall Sally is Taking a Big Step. The U.K.-based multichannel merchant of apparel for tall women just dropped its first U.S. catalog. The company

A look at shipping processing systems

| MCM staff

Up until about eight years ago, most of Harvey Software’s customers were manufacturers, freight forwarders, or other large shippers. Today, the shipping