Operations and Management: Don’t Drop Those Incentives Yet
A few years ago, catalogers and dot-coms competed not only for sales but also for employees. Some Internet-only firms offered outrageous signing bonuses
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NEW LISTS POWERHOUSE The nearly 7,500 12-month buyers of the PowerHouse catalog are now available for rental. Customers, 60% of whom are women, spend
Driving Lessons
Broadband Web access as the savior of direct marketing? That seemed to be the sentiment among panelists at a session entitled The Future of Retailing
USPS enhances Parcel Select service
In a push for holiday business, the U.S. Postal Service said on Oct. 29 that it will expand the hours of more than 1,000 destination delivery units (DDUs)
Federated sells Arizona Mail Order, Figi’s
Nine months after putting all of its Fingerhut Cos. titles on the market, Federated Department Stores has sold the Figi
Apparel next for Amazon.com?
Dot-com champ Amazon.com is reportedly developing a multibrand online apparel store featuring goods from Lands
Guitar Center’s 3Q something to sing about
Third-quarter direct sales at musical instruments marketer Guitar Center (Nasdaq: GTRC), which includes cataloger Musician
L.L. Bean warns of layoffs
With sales down by at least 10% for the year, Freeport, ME-based L.L. Bean has started trimming its workforce. On Oct. 24 the $1.14 billion apparel and
Winton Blount, first postmaster general of reorganized USPS, dies
Winton Blount, who was the postmaster general under President Nixon when the Post Office Department was reorganized in 1970 from a government agency to
Financial reports: J. Jill, Amazon
Retail stores lead sales growth at J. Jill Women