Anything That Needs a Roof

| Rama Ramaswami

WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE. Offers cooking, laundry, and babysitting services. No, that ad hasn’t run (yet), but the day when it might may not be too far off.

Opinion and Response

| MCM staff

Don’t Count Us Out Just got your 20th anniversary edition of Catalog Age. Congratulations! Looking through the issue I came across a chart entitled on

Wal-Martification

| Paul Lightfoot

RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY has increased dramatically since the late 1990s and this, as with most other changes in retailing, is a result of the phenomenon

The Lady or the TIGER

| D. Douglas Graham

In the fat and happy 1990s, retailers, e-tailers, and wholesalers were frequently unwilling to contract the services of third-party logistics providers.

Alloy Acquires OCM Direct

| MCM staff

Teen apparel and sporting goods cataloger Alloy (Nasdaq: ALOY) continues its spree of acquiring youth-oriented marketing companies. The New York

TraceElements

| Jeff Siegel

But there may be no need to pay such close attention THE POSSIBILITIES are intriguing. Wonder where the merchandise from the factory in China is as it

Opinion and Response

| MCM staff

Editorial Is Cool Beans I just wanted to take a minute to compliment you on the tenor and timbre of your March editor’s page essay (Same as the Old Boss?).