Advances in Bar Coding
All the talk about radio frequency identification technology makes it easy to believe that traditional bar codes are on their last legs. Not so, according
MCM staff
Seven Strategies for Expanding Your Business
Ever since the recession dug in its heels nearly three years, survival, rather than growth, has been the goal for many catalogers. But finally, things
3PLs Upgrade, Become 4PLs
In a move certain to raise the stakes in the world of logistics outsourcing, 3PLs have announced their intention to become 4PLs in the near future. Outsourcing
Our 2004 Model
In the magazine business, conventional wisdom has it that a redesign should take place every three to five years. Do it more often, and readers get confused;
Opinion and Response
Kudos for Co-op Story December’s article Re-evaluating Co-op Database Options was excellent. The article covered a complicated topic involving black box
Holiday Post Mortem Begins
Now that the holiday season is over for retailers, the big question is, How were sales? And though the major publicly traded retailers won’t be releasing
Merry Christmas, FAO: Buyer Saves Fabled Toy Retailer
Bankrupt toy retailer/cataloger FAO on Dec. 26 signed an agreement to sell its assets to VGACS Acquisition, a subsidiary of DE Shaw Laminar Portfolios,
Merry Christmas, FAO: Buyer Saves Fabled Toy Retailer
Bankrupt toy retailer/cataloger FAO on Dec. 26 signed an agreement to sell its assets to VGACS Acquisition, a subsidiary of DE Shaw Laminar Portfolios,
Secret Shopper Finds Catalogers Selling Out
Plenty of catalogs boasted about accepting Christmas orders as late as Dec. 23. But while they may have had the capability to do so, many mailers didn
Sears Canada Mails Lands’ End to Customers
Sears Canada, the Canadian division of the Hoffman Estates, IL