Catalog merchants have been slow to adapt mobile marketing technology, but 1-800-Flowers.com has taken the plunge. It has launched 1800flowers.mobi, which allows users to shop online at 1-800-Flowers.com via their cell phones.
It was a promising quarter for the 10 publicly traded consumer merchants reporting financial figures for Multichannel Merchant. Revenue increased for all but one of the companies tracked, and only two failed to show improvements in their bottom lines.
If you waited until now to buy paper for your catalog, you might be in trouble. Prices have gone up, thanks mostly to mill closures and consolidation in the industry.
Maybe Pier 1 isn’t meant to be in the direct business. The home furnishings and decor retailer announced in June it was shuttering its three-year-old
It might be summer, but Sun Capital Partners isn’t ready to take a vacation. The private equity firm on July 11 acquired food gifts cataloger Hickory Farms. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
To extend the Sporting Life brand beyond geographic limitations, the Toronto-based retailer of sporting goods, athletic wear, footwear, and fashion will this fall open an e-commerce site.
Kitchen gardening systems marketer AeroGrow International has launched its first catalog. The 16-page book sells AeroGrow
Too busy to shop online? If you have a cell phone, 1-800-Flowers.com can help.
Pet supplies cataloger Doctors Foster and Smith is rolling into the retail channel in a big way: The company will begin selling its products in nearly 900 Target stores nationwide next week.
Richard Thalheimer is back in action. Less than a year after he was replaced as chairman/CEO of The Sharper Image Corp., Thalheimer has unveiled an e-commerce