Ring in the new

| Sherry Chiger

When I joined this publication in December 1995, it was still called Catalog Age, and it was my husband who worked at a magazine with in the title although

LISTINGS

| MCM staff

New lists Territory Ahead/Isabella Bird Masterfile During the past year more than 347,000 men and women have purchased from the Territory Ahead and Isabella

Smith+Noble gets dynamic

| Heather Retzlaff

Just over a year ago, Corona, CA-based Smith+Noble was in the process of becoming a dynamic company with dynamic imagery on its Website, that is. In December

NEW WEB CATALOGS

| MCM staff

Miles Gerstein, founder/CEO of Madison, WI-based UpperCut Images, put up his dukes in July when he decided that stock photography needed

In living color

| John Fischer

Tiffany & Co. is the acknowledged master of color as a marketing tool: Its signature shade of turquoise represents the brand as much as its elegant logo

Still waiting for good news

| Heather Retzlaff

The future is anything but certain for paper prices in 2006. Recent mill closures, a possible strike at Stora Enso’s mill in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia,

Revving Up

| MCM staff

A catalog of parts and accessories for Vespa scooters, Chicago-based Scooterworks USA gamely steered to Multichannel Merchant for a creative critique.

Procure this

| Brian Santo

In the early days of e-procurement way back in the late 1990s only the largest companies could afford to implement the necessary systems. For business-to-business

Christmas in September

| Mark Del Franco

For many business-to-business merchants, Christmas comes in the third quarter, since the fiscal year for a number of their customers, including the federal