MCM staff
Sales at gifts and gadgets cataloger/retailer Brookstone continue to fall. The company reported total net sales of $73.0 million for the quarter ending July 4, a 25.1% decrease from the comparable 13-week period of 2008.
Total second-quarter sales for cataloger/retailer Cabela
First-quarter sales at Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection decreased 16.1%, to $377.3 million, down from $449.4 million for the same period in 2008.
Revenue for test, measurement and calibration instruments distributor Transcat decreased 3.6%, from from $17.9 million to $17.2 million for the first quarter of its fiscal 2010, which ended June 27.
Consumers are spending the same amount online in 2009 as they did in 2008, according to Forrister’s annual report on consumer behavior. But the report shows consumers are much more engaged this year because of social networking activities.
When it comes to search engine optimization, the tools you arm yourself with are just as important as your skill set.
Eddie Bauer Holdings received U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval to proceed with the sale of its business to Golden Gate Capital for $286 million in cash on July 22. The outdoor apparel catalog/retailer said it expects the transaction to close in early …
There are bargains to be had in e-mail list rentals. On average, the per-thousand price of permission-based business-to-consumer lists dropped $50 from summer 2008.
Alan Rimm-Kaufman, founder of online marketing firm The Rimm-Kaufman Group, died from Leukemia on July 18. He was 41.
Though AdGooroo measured a 5.46% increase in first-page advertisers in May, just before Bing’s release, it saw a 3.31% decrease in advertising in June.