Direct Sales for Staples Rise 2% in 1Q

| MCM staff

First-quarter sales for Staples slipped 1%, to $6.1 billion, for the three months ended April 28. Direct sales from its North American Delivery Business — which includes the Staples and Quill catalogs and online businesses as well as the Staples contract delivery business — grew 2%, to $2.6 billion.

Karmaloop Selects GSI Commerce for Fulfillment

| MCM staff

GSI Commerce Solutions, which provides e-commerce, multichannel retailing and interactive marketing for large, business-to-consumer enterprises, today announced that it has been selected by Karmaloop to handle fulfillment, freight and warehouse management under a multi-year contract.

Shipwire Expands Reach With Four New Integrated Partners

| MCM staff

Shipware announced four new partners, Miva Merchant, PrestaShop, LemonStand and Virtuemart, have joined them in providing Enterprise Logistics for Everyone, a push that seeks to help ecommerce merchants increase revenue opportunities by outsourcing shipping and fulfillment.