Postal Power
The total freight is often as much as 40% lower than UPS ground Despite an impressive performance in recent years, few direct-to-customer shippers view
Distribution Center
*Hot Properties
With a reasonably constructed ten-year lease, a fulfillment operation can expect to attain an equity-underwritten rate of three dollars a square foot
PC Connection Lays Off 125, Launches Book
PC Connection, a $1.45 billion computer cataloger, announced on March 28 that it was eliminating 125 jobs, or 7.5% of its work force, taking a one-time
Joining Forces
Companies have to keep the main thing the main thing Direct-to-customer retailers choose to outsource because of the third-party fulfillment industry’s
THAT’S AN ORDER
Did you ever notice that the declaration It’s not your father’s Oldsmobile any more turned out to be false? It was your father’s Oldsmobile. No one believed
Forerunner’s IF/SO
Users say that IF/SO is straightforward and easy to learn In the direct-to-customer business, efficient inventory management is the key to customer satisfaction,
KEVIN WOOLCOTT
How did you get into this line of work? I think it’s one of those things where you just fall into a career path. Years ago, I started working in a catalog
PC Cataloger Changes Names for Second Time in a Year
Torrance, CA–Less than a year after formally changing its name from Creative Computers to IdeaMall last summer, this holding company of two computer
PC Cataloger Changes Names for Second Time in a Year
Torrance, CA–Less than a year after formally changing its name from Creative Computers to IdeaMall last summer, this holding company of two computer
*WAR GAMES
Would Waterloo have turned out differently if Napoleon had taken along a laptop? Perhaps not, but computer simulation models can serve as advanced tactical