How Merchandise Forecasting Can Reduce Back Orders

| Ernie Schell

Sure, your order management and fulfillment system should be able to take a snapshot of your data for yesterday and today, but what about tomorrow? How will the multiple multichannel promotions you have in place and have planned affect demand? How many SKUs will you need of which items two weeks from now, or a month out?

Moosejaw Asks Followers for Shady Advice

| MCM staff

Thinking about adding a new product to your inventory? Whether you’re serious or not, Twitter is a great place to poll your audience. Moosejaw’s getting some decent feedback from this tweet.

Best Practices for Refining Site Search

| Ian MacDonald

You know search customers are more valuable with their higher tickets and conversion rates. So provide them with the best search results possible. Merchandise those results with all the best practices in your arsenal. And help more customers search by giving the search box the attention it deserves.

Growing Your Business: Spin-off or Start-up?

| MCM staff

Spin-offs and start-ups can be growth opportunities for companies with strong core businesses because they create new revenue streams. Question is, when should you consider developing a spin-off, and when should you consider a start-up?

Will Google Shopping Cannibalize Marketplace Sales?

| MCM staff

Eoin Comerford is worried that Google Shopping could cannibalize his sales on the Amazon Marketplace channel. And, for that matter, that the items he’s selling via Amazon will rank higher in Google Shopping than items he’s selling at Moosejaw.com.