Study: Affiliate Shoppers Spend More, Skew Older
Affiliate channel shoppers often spend more than the typical online shopper, according to a recent study commissioned by Performics
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Abacus Indicator
According to the Abacus 2006 Multi-Channel Annual Trend Report, the major retail markets in rural and urban areas differ in their growth and decline by channel. The most recent report showed that call center/mail order purchases represented 65% of orders in rural areas, with 35% of those orders placed online.
4Q, Full-Year Sales Up at Drugstore.com
Fourth-quarter and full-year net sales rose for Bellevue, WA-based Drugstore.com (Nasdaq: DSCM), registering 2.1% and 4.1% increases, respectively, for the period ended Dec. 31, 2006.
Hanesbrands’ Sales Slip, Profits Dive
Winston Salem, NC-based Hanesbrands, which began operating as a publicly traded company on Sept. 5, 2006, reported financial results for its first quarter and six-month transition period ended Dec. 30, 2006.
Putting Jegs.com in drive
This month Multichannel Merchant introduces Website Critique. Just as our Catalog Critique section evaluates the finer points of print catalog creative,
Fastest. Order. Ever.
A Multichannel Merchant staffer placed an order with the VillageShoes.com Website on Dec. 18 at about 3:15 p.m. She had never ordered from the company
RESOURCE GUIDE: POS software
Historically point-of-sale (POS) systems didn’t do much more than record customers’ purchases and calculate change. Today’s systems, however, can administer
Next-Generation Contact Centers
Many of us are stuck. We have talked about becoming customer-centric, value-added, mission-critical, and a lot of other hyphenated things, but we are
Golden Gate subsidiary to buy Blair Corp.
On Jan. 23, four days after making a preliminary offer to buy the remaining shares of Blair Corp. that it didn’t already own, Appleseed’s Topco, a portfolio
LISTINGS
New lists The Cottage Shop Selling Limoges porcelain boxes and other collectibles, the Cottage Shop catalog has 20,000 12-month buyers. Customers, 95%