Cashing in on the e-commerce frenzy
With public catalog companies trading at 12-25 times after-tax earnings while e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com trade at 12-25 times sales, smart
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Designing a more worldly Bearcom
To emphasize that its wireless communications products enable customers to communicate around the globe, $145 million Bearcom Wireless Worldwide overhauled
ALC, DMI mull merger
American List Counsel (ALC) may become a bigger fish in the list industry pond. The Princeton, NJ-based list firm has signed a nonbinding letter of intent
CONSUMER CATALOGERS: Cutting losses by cutting circ
Of the 20 publicly traded catalogers and cataloger/retailers tracked by Catalog Age, 75% improved their first-quarter sales over last year’s, while 50%
New line, new look at Artville
While its competitors focused on stock photography, the Artville catalog prided itself on specializing in stock illustrations. But after three years of
`How can I reduce my load time?’
The largest component of a Web page, and the part that makes download time the longest, is the graphics. The easiest way to reduce the download time is
FULFILLMENT: Building back-end.com
Web marketers once touted their virtual warehouses as a competitive advantage they enjoyed over traditional catalogers. By acting as a drop-shipper, without
THE CATALOG AGE 100
Acquisitions and the Web: These two issues have been driving the catalog industry for the past couple of years, so it’s no surprise that they’re key to
The i.merchant 40
Many of the companies that make up the i.merchant 40 listing of the top online marketers aren’t household names – unless your household consists of electronics
Your catalogs are doomed!
Yes, your catalogs are doomed – and so are most of mine. They just won’t work in the future. In fact, mail order catalogs as we know them today won’t