Animal magnetism
Alex Tabibi, chairman/CEO of Pets United, has a lofty goal: He wants his company to be the Wal-Mart of the Web. Unfortunately for him, Walmart.com is
Northern Safety Acquires Safeco
Frankfort, NY-based Northern Safety, a business-to-business marketer of industrial tools and safety supplies, has purchased Kingsport, TN-based industrial supplier Safeco.
InfoUSA to Acquire Mokrynskidirect
The consolidation in the list industry continues. Six months after buying Peterborough, NH-based list firm Millard Group, Omaha, NE-based InfoUSA is at it again
Collectibles Cataloger Fairfield Mint Sold
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that Norwalk, CT-based Fairfield Mint, a print and Web cataloger of die-cast collectibles, was sold to investment bank Encore Capital and New York-based private equity firm Buckingham Capital
ACCM Show Daily: B-to-bers Love Co-op Databases Too
Chicago–Consumer catalogers have embraced co-operative databases for years. Business-to-business marketers are finally following suit.
ACCM Show Daily: Bill Crutchfield on Building Crutchfield
Many people talk a good game about building a
ACCM by the Numbers
For all the numbers that show organizers like to throw at you, the biggest number this year is one. This is the first Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM).
Jackson & Perkins unites
Rather than mailing multiple specialty catalogs as it did last year, Medford, OR-based Jackson & Perkins has combined the books into an catalog, Garden
TIDBITS
Musician’s Friend expands Musician’s Friend, the catalog/Web subsidiary of Westlake Village, CA-based Guitar Center, will break ground on a 702,000-sq.-ft.
2006 Benchmark Report Contact Center
Despite the importance of keeping customers happy, merchants still have a way to go when it comes to improving service levels. According to Multichannel