Sales from holiday 2008

| Melissa Dowling

Steep discounts. Cheap shipping. Free shipping. Multichannel merchants pulled out the stops to try to get consumers to spend money this past holiday season.

Transcat Sales Up 8%

| MCM staff

Sales at test, measurement and calibration instruments distributor Transcat increased 8.4%, to $20.0 million for its fiscal third quarter, which ended Dec. 27.

Holiday 2008: The Winners

| MCM staff

Yes, there were actually a few multichannel merchants that did well this holiday season, despite the dismal economy. We caught up with a few of them to see how they did it.