Natural Selection

| Ernie Schell

There are very few SQL Server/Windows applications in the catalog management software field. Natural Order from Indianapolis-based Natural Solutions is

opinion & response

| MCM staff

A Tribute to Mr. Stanley The catalog industry lost a merchandising visionary with the death of Stanley Marcus. The former head of upscale cataloger/retailer

Variety Pack

| MCM staff

It can’t be a coincidence that in just one week, I’ve seen three major articles on diversity, in publications as different as a technology research report,

great expectations

| Mark De Chambeau

A woman goes online to order a pair of black pumps. She enters women’s shoes into the search engine and chooses a site well-known in ladies’ fashion circles.

Sound Bytes: Gayl Doster

| Barbara Arnn

O&F: What’s happening to multichannel retailers? First came the dot-coms, then their seeming collapse; then catalogers opening retail stores; now we see

SQUARE PEGS

| Michael J. Wells

This is not an IQ test it’s the kind of situation that arises in DC design and layout all the time. Choosing the correct slotting strategy for a new facility

Look Sharp!

| Jeff Siegel

Sometimes, success in adding another channel of distribution is not about big things like sales projections, warehouse space, vendor reliability, or shipping

A Passage to India

| Bennett Voyles

Should you move your call center off shore? As with any business decision, it comes down to weighing risk and reward. On the reward side, the advantage

Carbon Copy

| Roger Sklar

The need to grow a company in the international marketplace is a challenge that U.S. firms increasingly realize they must face. Since, after all, they

PC Connection buys MoreDirect

| MCM staff

Computer reseller PC Connection has acquired $219 million MoreDirect, a Boca Raton, FL-based e-procurement supplier of IT products to businesses and the