Kmart To Acquire Sears
Two years after retailer Sears, Roebuck, & Co. made business headlines by acquiring apparel cataloger Lands
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Lower Net Income, Catalog Sales at Talbots
Blaming hurricanes and a later Labor Day, Hingham, MA-based apparel cataloger/retailer The Talbots (NYSE: TLB) reported sagging sales of full-priced merchandise, which resulted in lower net income.
Brookstone Loss Widens
Merrimack, NH-based Brookstone (Nasdaq: BKST), which mails the Brookstone, Hard-to-Find Tools, and Gardeners Eden catalog titles, posted a wider net loss for the third quarter, although its direct marketing segment posted double-digit sales gains.
Small Retailers Need New World Solutions
In a world in which Internet-savvy customers are more informed than ever before about pricing and products, how can small independent retailers compete?
Avoiding WMS Myth-stakes
If you’ve been searching for a warehouse management system (WMS), you may find it helpful to avoid getting caught up in the “big myths” about such systems.
Financial Reports: Staples, Penney, More
Framingham, MA-based office supplies cataloger/retailer Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS), which includes the Quill and Medical Arts Press catalog divisions, grew its third-quarter sales 12%.
1-800-Flowers.com Buys The Winetasting Network
Expanding its gift offerings, Westbury, NY-based 1-800-Flowers.com on Nov. 16 announced its acquisition of The Winetasting Network.
Companies Expand Product and Service Offerings in Europe, Asia
For businesses contemplating operations in Europe, Seattle-based contact center solutions provider Envision Telephony offers new possibilities through the expansion of its Performance Suite to integrate with the logging systems of such European competitors as NICE, Verint, and Witness/Eyretel. On the other side of the globe, vendors in the manufacturing and logistics sectors that are interested in going to market in Asia can call on ARC Advisory Group
Look Inward, Angel: Companies Turn to Internal Data for Operational Efficiency
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