From the Observation Deck: Don’t Let Emotion Overrule Intellect
Another January, another list of New Year
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Chico’s Adds Fitigues to Its Wardrobe
Woman’s apparel merchant Chico’s FAS on Jan. 30 acquired most of the assets of fellow apparel merchant Fitigues.
Mixed First Quarter for NBTY
For its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31, nutritional supplements manufacturer/marketer NBTY saw net income decline 23%, despite an 8% increase in sales.
Buy Rugs Direct Buys In to Catalogs
Jamie Carney, president/CEO of Sudbury, MA-based online merchant Buy Rugs Direct, says creating a print catalog for her six-year-old business is simply
PC Connection Closes Year with Lower Income
Annual net income at Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection fell 53%, despite a nearly 7% increase in sales.
Practical Perspectives with Bill Kuipers
Q: We had a great fourth quarter in terms of sales, but we got killed in operations. Our service levels deteriorated in every department. Should we consider a third-party call center for overflow, and what systems should we consider to replace our current one?
NewRoads Tallies Holiday Results
Multichannel merchants have lots to ho-ho-ho about, if the Christmas season results from Huntersville, NC-based NewRoads are indicative of the industry as a whole.
Five Mistakes That Will Doom Your WMS Implementation
In the course of implementing numerous warehouse management systems (WMSs) and other software applications over the years, I