The Cybercritic: Pet Supplies
This month The Cybercritic goes to the dogswell, to Websites selling products for dogs and other pets PetSmart.com PetSmart.com’s home page offers a cornucopia
News
Spiegel Tests a Heavy Big Book
Spiegel’s big book just got even bigger or at least, a lot heavier. The Downers Grove, IL-based general merchant test-mailed 30,000 copies of a hardcover
List Watch: Getting What You Paid For
Children’s Wear Digest had been renting a particular list regularly for several years. But then over the course of a year, results from the list went
Operations and Management: Spotlight On MicroWarehouse’s Call Center
Customer service is the name of the game at $2.5 billion computer reseller MicroWarehouse, which mails the core PC catalog, Mac catalog MacWarehouse,
USPS May Spread 15% Rate Hike Over Three Years
Washington–The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service may scrap its plans for a flat rate increase of up to 15% next year for one that would still raise rates
Study: Consumers Spent $3.5 Billion Online in March
Cambridge, MA–Total spending online spending increased from $3.4 billion in February to $3.5 billion in March, according to the most recent online retail
On the Scene: InternetDM Breakfast Circle
New York–“Catalog Marketing: Is It a Complement to E-commerce
Financial Reports
Downers Grove, IL–It
Guitar Center Completes Acquisition of American Music Group
Agoura Hills, CA–Instrument retailer/cataloger Guitar Center, which owns the Musician