PetSmart Exiting Equine Biz
Pet products merchant PetSmart is exploring strategic opportunities for its State Line Tack direct business.
News
Home Depot Direct No Longer Separate Division
Home Depot has reorganized several units, leading to layoffs and the consumer direct division being absorbed into the merchandising group
USPS Rate Case: Time for Last-Ditch Appeals
As you no doubt know from MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT’s ongoing coverage and Webinars, the pending postal rate case is expected to be approved
Financial Reports: Staples, Victoria’s Secret, Bluefly
Office supplies cataloger/retailer Staples had double-digit sales and income gains in 2006. For Victoria’s Secret parent company Limited Brands and online merchant Bluefly, however, revenue increases failed to boost the bottom line
A Gaggle of Google Updates
(Searchline) Those marketers who are up for a good algorithm chase should lace up their Adidas: Google’s on the move again.
Home Decorators Gets Store-Within-a-Store
Atlanta-based Home Depot is testing a store-within-a-store concept with its Home Decorators Collection catalog. Spokesperson Jen Neimi says the test concept
Movers & Shakers
Bensalem, PA-based apparel merchant Charming Shoppes has named executive vice president/chief operating officer Joseph Baron interim president of Crosstown
Correction
In our February cover story Holiday highlights, we reported that Direct Marketing Services Inc. (DMSI) had created a design blog for its Montgomery Ward
Backword
In-flight institution gets mauled Pretty much everyone has made fun of SkyMall at some point. After all, who hasn’t been stuck on an airplane with nothing