Notes from a Layoff-phobe

| Sherry Chiger

Some people are terrified of dogs. Others are afraid of spiders or heights or enclosed spaces. I live in fear of layoffs. Doesn’t matter whether it’s

the cybercritic

| MCM staff

www.utrechtart.com Thursday, Jan. 11, 5 p.m., Explorer 5.0 Judging from its home page, Utrecht believes that nearly all artists are starving. Low prices

the holy Grail of E-commerce

| MCM staff

Surely you’ve heard people say things such as The World Wide Web is as important to mankind as the discovery of the New World! Or maybe they’ve tempered

The Secret Shopper

| MCM staff

Even if you’ve never been anywhere near a polo mallet (or a horse, for that matter), polo shirts are reported to be the hot fashion item for spring/summer.

Layoffs: Who’s Getting Hit?

| Paul Miller

It’s as sure a sign as any that catalogers are battling rising costs, slower sales, and faltering consumer confidence: mass layoffs. It started last fall,