Movers and Shakers

| MCM staff

The Vitamin Shoppe has promoted Lou Weiss to the new position of chief marketing officer. Weiss had been president of Gaiam Direct. Charming Shoppes hired

Back in the day

| Gina Valentino

While This May Seem Like an Urban Legend, there was a time when the default rate, or unknown keycode capture rate, was 4%. I recall about 15 years ago

2009 Finalists

| MCM staff

After weeks of poring over print catalogs and evaluating Websites, the judges have selected the finalists in MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT’S MCM AWARDS. The judges

Paper prices fall again

| Jim Tierney

If there’s a bright side to the global recession for print catalogers, it’s that paper prices are down. After six straight quarters of increases, paper

Demand all but disappears

| Jim Tierney

If You Thought the 18% drop in paper demand in the fourth quarter of 2008 was bad, the 26% decline in January beat all records, says John Maine, vice