I. Bits: FOOFOO, WE HARDLY KNEW YE
As this is the first issue of the new year, we decided to honor those companies featured in I.Merchant articles last year that did not survive long enough
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I. Bits: CHANNEL DISCONNECT
One of our favorite print catalogs is Associated Bag Co., in part because it manages to sell a rather mundane product (packaging and shipping supplies)
Burpee Delivers on Service
Venerable seed and plants cataloger Burpee certainly knows its target audience – although it should, after 125 years in the business.While perusing Burpee’s
FYI
DID YOU KNOW? * Employees steal $20 billion – $40 billion worth of goods from work every year, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.* About 700,000
I. Bits: BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR
On Dec. 30, one month prior to the Super Bowl, The Gift Exchange (www.TheGX.com) launched three Websites selling food packages licensed by the Baltimore
When Dinosaurs Fly
Move over, Jurassic Park. Brick-and-mortar retailers have not only survived the mass extinction of dot-coms but evolved into a new, hybrid species of
talking heads
“How do you measure warehouse productivity?” The ultimate measurements I would use for a distribution center would be units – cartons or pieces, for instance
full speed ahead
Superman’s outfit was cool, but it must have cost him a bundle. Besides, do you really need material handlers who can leap over tall buildings with a
first impressions
Everyone has a favorite story to tell about the job candidate who was less than perfect, from the man who took his mother in with him to the interview
I.Bits: SURVEY SEZ
Of more than 3,000 online shoppers surveyed in December by Internet technology provider E-centives, 40% said “saving money on the Internet is a priority