Excelligence Sold to Equity Firm
On the heels of a very successful 2005, Excelligence Learning Corp. is being acquired by an affiliate of Thoma Cressey Equity Partners for $125 million
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National Business Furniture Launches OfficeChairs.com
In its first major move since being acquired by K+K America in January, National Business Furniture has launched a spin-off Website, OfficeChairs.com
HomeDepot.com to Sell Ads
Selling lumber, hardware, maintenance supplies, and furniture isn
Solid Second Quarter for CDW
Vernon Hills, IL-based computer reseller CDW (Nasdaq: CDWC) registered a solid second quarter. For the three months ended June 30, total sales reached $1.63 billion
Best Practices in Receiving
Receiving is an often-overlooked process in the distribution center. It is common for DC managers to focus on the picking and packing functions instead. Still, if receiving isn’t done efficiently and accurately, it can have a direct and dramatic impact on your order selection efficiency. Product that is sitting on the dock or on a pallet in a remote corner of the warehouse is not available for picking. The result could be shortages or the need for excess labor to fill the requirement.
Using Speech IVR As a Holiday Staffing Strategy, Part II
A recent Oracle survey entitled
Survey: Direct Marketing Job Outlook Softens
The slowdown in the economy is apparently beginning to affect hiring plans for direct marketers, according to a quarterly survey from Owatonna, MN-based Bernhart Associates Executive Search
Life Uniform Buys Uniform City
Boca Raton, FL-based investment firm Sun Capital Partners announced today that its Life Uniform Co. affiliate has acquired competing cataloger/retailer Uniform City Corps.
Food Cataloger MacKenzie Limited Sold
Baltimore-based gourmet food cataloger Mackenzie Limited was sold this week to another Baltimore company, Astral Foods.