Window treatment

| Linda Formichelli

If only merchants put as much thought into their store windows as they do into their Websites. Most toss in a few of their latest products and hope for

Redcats USA prefers plus sizes

| Jim Tierney

According to parent company PPR’s fourth-quarter and full-year sales results, the conglomerate’s Redcats Group has decided to discontinue the activities

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

| MCM staff

If you’re a niche marketer looking for prospects, sometimes you just don’t know where to turn. Big lists and mass media aren’t a viable option. They’re

Cash Crunch for Blue Sky Brands

| Jim Tierney

Blue Sky Brands, the parent company of catalogers Paragon Gifts, Bits and Pieces, Bits and Pieces U.K., National Wildlife Direct, and Wintherthur, is facing such severe cash-flow problems that it hasn

Data Mining: A Strategic Plan

| Rick Brough

There is great advice out there about the how-to of data mining. But there is precious little about the why-do. Just what can mailers do to improve their strategic grasp?