Horrible Holiday Will Mean More Retail Casualties to Come
Merchants and financial experts typically wait until after the fourth quarter to declare the holiday season a bust.
Tim Parry
Research Sets Sites on the Season
Is your site set for the holiday season? It better be, because the spike in traffic is going to come sooner than you think, at least according to a survey released today by digital marketer Oneupweb.
Former Paragon CEO Helps Reopen Its RI DC
Some Rhode Island residents consider fixing up their beach house as a summer project. Steve Rowley brought a shuttered 132,000 sq.-ft. distribution center in Westerly, RI, back to life.
Survey: More Store Shoppers Are Researching Online
Even store customers are getting more Web savvy. The number of U.S. consumers using the Web to research items before buying them in a store has risen 10% since 2006, according to a study released last week by Vertis Communications.
A fool’s errand
Reports show that consumers are increasingly watching television shows on the Internet. Does that mean you can recycle your short-form DRTV spots and
DR radio stars can help drive sales
On the surface, it’s hard to think of two more different radio stars than Howard Stern and John Tesh. Stern is a shock jock; Tesh dispenses music and
Dreams Acquires Starstruck/Proteam
Licensed Sports Apparel Merchant Dreams has Acquired the assets of cataloger StarStruck/ProTeam. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Dreams
Catalog Tracker: August Mailings Slide Back
A Month After catalogers seemed to be mailing more, it looks like they’re cutting back again. The Catalog Tracker service of list firm Direct Media reports
The Paragon is Back in Business
Nearly a year after parent company BlueSky Brands shut its doors, one of its larger titles–The Paragon gifts catalog–is making a comeback.
Boudin Bakery Slicing Off Print Catalog Channel
Boudin Bakery catalog customers are going to go hungry this fall. Instead of dropping its usual 300,000 catalogs this month, the company is sending customers a flier to tell them it will no longer be producing print catalogs