Financial Reports: Design Within Reach, Talbots
Second-quarter sales at modern furniture cataloger/retailer Design Within Reach decreased 3.7%, to $47.3 million, compared to $49.1 million for the second quarter in 2007.
MCM staff
Financial Reports: Blue Nile, Golfsmith
Online jeweler Blue Nile posted sales of $73.7 million, an increase of 2.2%, for the second quarter ended June 28. During last year
July Sales Roundup
Despite the down economy, some of the companies tracked by Multichannel Merchant reported solid numbers for the month of July.
Stupendous Second Quarter for Schein
Second-quarter sales at Melville, NY-based Henry Schein rose 18.6%, to $1.6 billion for the 13 weeks ended June 28. Net income nearly doubled
Green Packaging Round-Up
Packaging companies are jumping on the green bandwagon with new eco-friendly products that are priced competitively against traditional packaging products. What follows is just a sampling of some of the green offerings out there:
Boscov’s Files Chapter 11
Add Boscov’s to the list of retailers that have filed for Chapter 11.
Sales Rise, Net Income Falls At United Stationers
Second-quarter sales for office supplies merchant United Stationers rose 9.7%, to $1.25 billion, for the three-month period ended June 30.
Changing channels
Bloomingdale’s announcement in May that it would cease publishing its Bloomingdale’s By Mail catalog and merge that business into its Internet division
ACMA forum
The American Catalog Mailers Association held its first National Catalog Advocacy & Strategy Forum in Washington June 26-27, and Multichannel Merchant was there. Here’s a roundup of our coverage
Top-10 holiday things to do now
Still trying to prioritize your to-do list to get your site in shape for the holidays? Jamus Driscoll, vice president of marketing of e-commerce systems