How To Compete With the Amazons
Barnes & Noble quietly announced last week that it acquired e-book seller Fictionwise. The deal brings up a good question
Tim Parry
The Latest in Multichannel Retail Layoffs
Following Dismal Holiday Sales and the worsening economy, news of companies laying off workers just keeps coming. Here are just a few of the multichannel
David’s Bridal Dishes on Its One Love Web Content Campaign
True love is hard to find. But when people do find it, their stories can make for an engaging online, user-generated content campaign, as David
Victoria’s Secret’s New Spanish Site Gets Lost in Translation
Victoria’s Secret This Past Fall Quietly Launched a Spanish-language mirror site. The lingerie merchant hopes the new site will better serve its Spanish-speaking
Marketing to giftees
The holiday season is over (thank heaven). It’s time to barrage gift recipients with catalogs and e-mail messages, right? Not so fast. You may be trying
Study: Struggling Economy Prolonged Online Shopping Season
Online retail buying trends show consumers began shopping much earlier for the holidays in 2008 than in previous years, according to a new study by digital marketing service provider OneupWeb
Catalog Tracker: Mailing Volume Decreased in December
Merchants may have been desperate for last-minute holiday sales this year, but catalog mailing volume took a December dip. Still, those mailing catalogs did try to drive sales with incentives
ACMA Members Say, Send It in a Letter
Members of the American Catalog Mailers Association have launched a letter-writing campaign that they hope will convince the U.S. Postal Service to roll back catalog postage to its pre-2007 rates. Read on, and download your own letter template.
Circuit City to Liquidate
Beleaguered big box and online electronics retailer Circuit City, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November, on Friday said it will liquidate its assets.
Live From NRF: Retail Putting Trust in Obama’s Hands
New York-The Barrack Obama administration is not in the White House for another week, but the retail sector is already putting its trust in the president-elect