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TravelSmith’s Newest Adventure: A Catalog Spin-off
Novato, CA-based TravelSmith, a catalog and online merchant of men
BabyUniverse Gets Posh—Posh Tots
Fort Lauderdale, FL-based Web merchant BabyUniverse on Jan. 13 acquired Richmond, VA-based PoshTots, a multichannel merchant of upscale furnishings for children
Live from NRF: The Effect of the Melting Pot on Retail
New York–Before IBM
Ecometry Partners with IBM Point of Sale Group
Delray Beach, FL-based Ecometry is partnering with the IBM Point of Sale (POS) Retail Store Solution Group. The partnership results from a relationship IBM had with ADS Retail, an Upper Marlboro, MD-based provider of point-of-sale software, which Ecometry acquired in October 2005.
Zone Skipping: Yea or Nay?
Multichannel merchants are faced with rising costs and continued pressure on margins. Transportation and fulfillment/logistics costs generally represent 7%-15% of costs of goods sold or 3%-9% of revenue.
Practical Perspectives….with Bill Kuipers
Q: I have a question about slotting. Is buying a software package necessarily the answer?
Is Fear of Costing You Money?
Do you wish you could improve service while reducing costs? Or reduce risk when making decisions? Benchmarking will help you do all that and more. So why are you not benchmarking today? It