TALES FROM THE FRONT
Tears for a clown A Catalog Age staffer in mid-January ordered an ornament from The Met Store, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Web catalog. The ornament
MCM staff
Dream On
Here you were feverishly cutting costs when you should have been doing something else all along innovating. That’s the business mantra du jour, asserts
Now You See It
IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH, you just may catch a glimpse of the next big thing in technology. computing, as it is widely called, is a market that’s slated
Movers & shakers
Itasca, IL-based office supplies cataloger/retailer OfficeMax announced that Christopher Milliken has resigned as president/CEO/director. Executive chairman
Coming up roses
April showers bring May flowers not to mention weeds, insects, and all the other pesky problems that come with gardening. As spring finally settles in,
Critics’ Choice
This year’s Order Management Software Review includes grades and ranks for each major software function from the vendors’ own perspective, giving you
The SPIN DOCTORS
TODAY’S CONSUMER is beset with uncounted retail choices, many of them unpleasant. For the curmudgeonly shopper, namely me, significant acquisitions are
LISTINGS
New lists Woolrich A manufacturer/marketer of bedding and apparel, Woolrich has more than 102,000 12-month direct buyers. Customers, 55% of whom are women,
COMING AROUND
U.S. companies spend about $43 billion a year or 4.5 % of all logistics costs on handling returned merchandise, reports AMR Research Inc.
Pet supply catalogers groomed for growth
Sixty-two percent of the nation’s 111 million households include at least one pet, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturing Association. Yet