opinion & response

| MCM staff

Newbie Gives His Props We just started receiving Catalog Age, and I have to tell you that it’s the most comprehensive magazine serving the retail, Internet,

Madame Butterfly

| MCM staff

Commenting on Truffles and Trash (O&F, June 2002, p. 6), a reader wrote, Have you seen the BBC special ? This four- or five-part series reviewed how ideas

Climate Control

| Jeff Siegel

Robert Angstadt remembers the old days. The faxes containing orders would stack up at the West Coast warehouse, waiting for a clerk to come in at 9 a.m.

Navigating NCOF

| Jeff Kline

This year’s National Conference on Operations and Fulfillment (NCOF) was held at the Opryland Resort and Conference Center in Nashville, TN, April 28-May

Alloy acquires Market Place Media

| MCM staff

New York–Generation Y marketer Alloy (Nasdaq:ALOY) acquired MPM Holding, owners of Market Place Media (MPM), for $48 million in cash. MPM is a media

Sound Bytes: Kevin Thuet

| David Pluviose

Can you explain what Eskay does? Eskay is a full-service, total integrator. We do the designing and studying of systems, and design a system that is expandable.

PC Connection income down 77%

| MCM staff

Like other computer resellers, Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection (Nasdaq: PCCC) continues to suffer the effects of corporate cuts on IT spending. The