Eye on B-to-B: A Bid for Ancillary Sales
PC Connection has had success auctioning printers and desktop computers online. A third-party auction Website can expose a cataloger to a new audience
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Newport News Bucks the Economic Downturn
At a time when most consumer catalogers particularly apparel mailers are struggling, value-priced women’s apparel cataloger Newport News is on a roll.
XML: The Future
Extensible Markup Language, or XML, is rapidly revolutionizing the creation and publishing of digital assets. XML is a media-independent format that defines
FYI: NANCY DREW VISITS THE WEB
Mystery shoppers ordered one item from each of 50 e-commerce sites.
Operations and Management: Keep on Truckin’
Steve Harris, senior vice president of Middlebury, VT-based warehouse design consultancy Bread Loaf Corp., defines a smart warehouse as one that minimizes
FYI: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
A feminine mystique pervades the workforce. According to research from Brandweek and The Network of City Business Journals, women bring in at least 50%
First-Quarter Sales Slow, but Income Solid
Only 64% of the b-to-b catalogers tracked grew their first-quarter sales, but 71% managed to boost their bottom line. Consumer catalogers aren’t the only
Take Your Pick
You can now have multiple picking technologies integrated and optimized by Easypick Order Processing Software (OPS) Version 2.1, released by Emeryville,
Don’t Forget Your Gloves
The faintest ink is stronger than the best memory One site visit brought me to a food distributor’s frozen warehouse in Florida. I had not thought to
Annual Catalog Awards and I.Merchant Awards
The 16th Annual Catalog Awards and the Second Annual I.Merchant Awards were distributed on June 6 at the Annual Catalog Conference in Boston. Profiles