Survey: Consumers Say, Give Us Unique Goods Online

| John Fischer

Seventy percent of respondents to a survey from Decision Direct Research, a division of Peterborough, NH-based Millard Group, said that their online holiday shopping experiences met expectations. But half of the respondents declared themselves disappointed with the lack of unique merchandise available online.

Movers & shakers

| MCM staff

Bensalem, PA-based plus-size women’s clothing merchant Charming Shoppes has appointed Michael W. Luce to its board of directors. Luce is the president

New lists

| MCM staff

Birthdayz by Shindigz Nearly 19,000 consumers have purchased birthday-party supplies from the Birthdayz by Shindigz catalog or Website during the past

Keeping tabs on Internet ads

| Jerry Cerasale

Network advertising affords companies the opportunity to have their ads placed throughout the Web. The advantages of network advertising are many. Not

The ties that bind

| Mark Del Franco

It’s not only geography that ties J. Jill and Talbots. J. Jill was founded in 1987 as DM Management by George Burman, a former senior vice president for

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

| John Fischer

Then: Founded as a wholesaler/retailer in Kansas City, MO, in 1989, Three Dog Bakery mailed its first 16-page catalog of dog treats in June 1995. It was