Platt Out of CMS Direct
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that Doug Platt is leaving Minneapolis, MN-based database solution provider CMS Direct, effective Aug. 4.
MCM staff
Financial Reports: Guitar Center, Blue Nile, Red Envelope
Sales look up for multichannel merchant Guitar Center, online jeweler Blue Nile, and cataloger Red Envelope
Survey Reveals Changing Trends in Distribution Centers
Early manufacturers and retailers would barely recognize today’s complex, fluid distribution centers. Although the basic functions remain the same–receiving and storing products; picking, packing, and shipping orders–distribution centers have evolved along with customer demands.
Proper Sizing in Practice
A company recently completed an analysis of its pick location sizes and estimated that it could dramatically cut its labor costs.
2Q Sales Up, Income Up for Office Depot
Second-quarter sales for Delray Beach, FL-based Office Depot increased 4%, to $3.5 billion for the three months ended July 1.
Movers & shakers
Ed Mueller, CEO of cataloger/retailer Williams-Sonoma, retired on July 14, though he remains a director of the San Francisco-based company. Chairman Howard
Cruise through Customs
Merchants that want to move imports through the supply chain more quickly while improving the security of their loads are looking to the U.S. Customs’
New lists
PennWell’s Fire Database Nearly 219,000 firefighters and other fire service professionals are on this file, a combined database of subscribers to PennWell’s
Maintaining operations
As vice president of distribution for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) distributor Interline Brands, Jim Spahn heads up operations for the company’s
Are you experiential?
The little girls who arrive at American Girl Place dressed like the dolls they hold in their arms show what’s possible when merchants take an experiential