Variable data printing update

| Jim Tierney

True print personalization namely, customized catalogs and other tailored direct mail communications was supposed to be the next big thing five years

QUAD/GRAPHICS BUYS WORLD COLOR

| Jim Tierney

Printer Quad/Graphics in Late January Acquired rival World Color Press. The deal will create North America’s second-largest commercial catalog printer

DELL ACQUIRES

| Jim Tierney

Computers Giant Dell has Purchased Kace, a systems management appliance company. Terms of the transaction, announced Feb. 11, were not disclosed. Kace

Tales From the Front

| MCM staff

The husband of a Multichannel Merchant staffer ordered (or so he thought) a jar of Basil & Cabernet vinegar in dipping oil from the Napa Style Website.

Choosing a Web CMS

| MCM staff

With a content management system (CMS), you can quickly and easily create and post new content to your Website as needed to execute your online marketing

letters/opinion

| MCM staff

We just finished reading Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Annual Best and Worst Copy in the February edition of Multichannel Merchant. Wow this is the first time

Design that takes the cake

| MCM staff

VeryVera VeryVera sells all sorts of foods, from hors d’oeuvres and salads to casseroles and quiches. But its real bread and butter is cake double chocolate