July Sales Roundup

| MCM staff

Despite the down economy, some of the companies tracked by Multichannel Merchant reported solid numbers for the month of July.

Live From E-Tail: Orvis Exec is Down on Silos

| Tim Parry

Brad Wolansky, vice president of e-commerce at Orvis, hates it when his company sends coupons to Web buyers within 50 miles of an Orvis store–and those coupons can only be redeemed in the retail location.

Blyth Buys As We Change

| Jim Tierney

Blyth, the parent company of gifts and housewares cataloger Miles Kimball, announced on Aug. 4 it acquired As We Change, a catalog targeting women age 40 and older