All in One

| D. Douglas Graham

Electronics Line USA is a manufacturer/marketer of high-tech security surveillance equipment and related apparatus, with offices and distribution operations

Returns Engagement

| Margery Weinstein

Catalogers know that a customer making a return isn’t happy with the product. But if you can quickly and efficiently process the return, you may be able

CWD Finds Fitting Way to Reduce Returns

| Margery Weinstein

All catalogers would like to reduce their return rates, but Richmond, VA-based children’s apparel cataloger Children’s Wear Digest tries to head off the likelihood of returns even before shipping the merchandise to customers.

PAYMENT [ processing ] IN FULL

| MCM staff

Online jewelry merchant Ice.com’s wares include $1,300 diamond pendants, $3,000 engagement rings, and $4,000 pearl necklaces. Not surprisingly the company

Fast Forward

| Karen Berman

Top Picks In the market for picking technologies? Chances are you’re looking for advice. Dave Piasecki, principal of Inventory Operations Consulting in

Care Package

| Bennett Voyles

Unless you ship jewelry or pharmaceuticals, package security probably doesn’t rank too high on your list of worries. Maybe once in a while a packer gets

Reverse Waltz

| David Pluviose

What, you might wonder, does dancing have in common with reverse logistics? Perhaps not much at first glance, but as soon as you introduce the metaphor