USPS and FedEx Agree to New Contract
The U.S. Postal Service and FedEx Express, a division of Memphis, TN-based FedEx Corp., have agreed to a new contract for domestic air transportation of postal shipments.
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Goods That Give to Give IT
In the two years since it launched, New York-based print and Web cataloger Goods That Give has sold a broad range of eco-conscious products
2Q Sales Up, Income Up for Office Depot
Second-quarter sales for Delray Beach, FL-based Office Depot increased 4%, to $3.5 billion for the three months ended July 1.
Mackenzie Ltd. sold
Baltimore-based gourmet food cataloger Mackenzie Ltd. was sold in July to another Baltimore company, Astral Foods. The parent company of Chesapeake Bay
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Then: Founded by exercise physiologist Beth Hilpert, Round Rock, TX-based Mothers in Motion, a merchant of athletic apparel for expectant mothers, launched
First-quarter sales up, profits not
Of the 12 publicly traded consumer merchants tracked by Multichannel Merchant, all but three showed increases in first-quarter sales. And for most of
TALES FROM THE FRONT
Not pros on service In early June, a Multichannel Merchant staffer was having trouble finding a part on auto supplies Website ProStreetonline.com. The
Same promotions, different May
May 2006 was almost a carbon copy of May 2005 as far as Catalog Tracker was concerned. This past May the service of Greenwich, CT-based list services
J&R tests online loyalty program
J&R Electronics, the 35-year-old New York-based consumer electronics merchant, has kept customers coming back time and again to its Manhattan store with
Eckler’s sold to equity firm
Titusville, FL-based Eckler’s Enterprises was sold to Los Angeles-based equity firm Century Park Capital Partners on June 30. Eckler’s, which has annual