Big Spenders (Sort Of)
Retailers are more frugal with their IT money than firms in other industries are, but they do splurge on some things, according to Forrester Research
Distribution Center
Technophobia?
Talk to Gus Pagonis, the Sears logistics chief, about the biggest issue in supply chain management, and you might well expect the retired general to tout
Rave Reviews for VendorNet
VENDORNET IS A WEB-BASED communications network that manages and tracks the order and delivery cycle between the retailer and the supplier. The company
E-Commerce, Lite
Psst! Can you keep a secret? E-commerce is making a comeback. That was the pervasive belief at a bellwether show, Etail 2003, which took place in Boston
Patterson Dental Acquires AbilityOne
Patterson Dental is branching out. The $1.6 billion cataloger of dental and veterinary supplies is entering the physical and occupational therapy markets
Herculean Effort
A new study from the firm that first used the phrase supply chain management, Booz Allen Hamilton, suggests that the discipline is still far from mature.
Continental Divide
Caution, not creativity, has characterized most U.S. companies in the past couple of years. But at a time when risk taking is minimal, marketers are also
Made in Buffalo
BUFFALO, NY, is known today for Buffalo wings, Lake Erie, and some of the nation’s most punishing winters. Few remember the time when the City on the
Golden Age of Fulfillment
DIRECT-TO-CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT has come a long way in the last decade. Or has it? Some of the clearest clues to the history of the industry lie in the