Booking the book buyers
Maybe it’s due to the growing popularity of music downloads. Or maybe it’s because category killers such as Amazon.com and BN.com continue to gobble up
Marketing
Fair Indigo catalog hits the mail
Four former Lands’ End executives have joined forces to create Fair Indigo, a multichannel apparel company with a socially conscious message. Calling
Naturalizer’s brand makeover lifts sales
One look at the revamped Naturalizer catalog and it’s clear that these are not your mother’s Naturalizers. The St. Louis-based manufacturer/merchant of
Rethinking Signature’s style
With its assortment of upscale, unique bathtubs and sinks, plus a wide array of hardware from doorknobs to hinges to switch plates, Signature Hardware
Guitar Center sells online at last
Although Guitar Center has had a Website since 1995, visitors could not buy product from the site. But in late June the Westlake Village, CA-based retailer
Some question May 6 postal increase date
Postmaster General Jack Potter said on Sept. 20 that he expects the new postal rates to take effect on May 6, 2007. But some observers say that, given
Caught in the Net
A year after launching a Website selling its outdoor sporting gear and clothing in 1996, Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) installed Internet kiosks in
NEW CATALOGS
The Y Catalog The desire to bring awareness to the notion of seva, or the spirit of service, inspired the launch of the Y Catalog of yoga products in
CDW buys its way into IT services market
For computer reseller CDW Corp., 2005 was a record-setting year in a variety of fiscal categories, including sales ($6.29 billion) and net income ($272.1
mc3 and the leadership gap
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT welcomes a new columnist to the fold: Love Goel, chairman/CEO of Growth Ventures Group, a multichannel retail investment firm based