Direct Sales Down 27% for Golfsmith
Third-quarter sales for golf equipment cataloger/retailer Golfsmith decreased 11%, to $90.6 million, down from $101.7 million for the same period last year.
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Improving Relationships to Boost Contact Center Performance
Do you want to improve the performance of your contact center without adding to your current budget? Here’s what to look for.
Sierra Trading Post Launches Twitter Promotion
Discount general merchant Sierra Trading Post announced a promotion that it hopes will increase its presence on the Twitter and Facebook social media platforms.
Sales Down All Around For Frederick’s
Fourth-quarter sales for women
Sales Fall 20% for 1-800-Flowers.com
First-quarter sales for multititle mailer 1-800-Flowers.com dropped 20%, to $108.3 million, compared to $135.4 million for the same period last year.
Pottery Barn Kids Snips Threads Spin-off
The Pottery Barn Kids retail concept called Threads has closed after just 15 months. The two baby clothing and gifts stores, located in New York and Bellevue, WA, had opened in late 2007.
Content is King of Social Marketing
Do you know anyone that’s actually making social work? There’s maybe one or two here or there, but very few companies either have the scale to support social properly or the understanding to really make it work.
More Mill Downtime for NewPage
NewPage Corp., the top producer of coated freesheet paper in North America, announced Oct. 13 it plans to take about 160,000 tons of market-related downtime in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Tall Girls Assets Acquired by U.K. Rival
Long Tall Sally, a U.K-based multichannel merchant of apparel for tall women, has acquired select assets of troubled retailer Tall Girls, including its U.S. Website and 10 Tall Girls stores in Canada.