WAREHOUSE GLOSSARY
When an industry term is on the tip of your tongue, or when you come across jargon that’s new to you, the words and definitions you need may well be right here. …
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PICKING GLOSSARY
When an industry term is on the tip of your tongue, or when you come across jargon that’s new to you, the words and definitions you need may well be right here. …
Oscar goes postal
You probably won’t see the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences getting into the catalog business anytime soon, given its recent experience with
Alloy’s online/offline dividends
Alloy wants teens to think of its Website as their local mall. “Teenagers go to malls. They’re there to shop, but also to talk to friends, look at magazines,
PARCEL DELIVERY: FEDEX HITS THE GROUND
New consumer ground delivery service aims to compete with UPSTouting itself as a United Parcel Service alternative for ground residential delivery, FedEx
Paladin kills off part of its product line
Has Boulder, CO-based Paladin Press – the same Paladin that once published books such as The Poor Man’s James Bond and How to Kill – remade itself into
PAPER PRICE INCREASES: …and paper’s up
Prices hikes, even shortages aheadReady to pay up to 33% more for your paper? After the October 1999 increase of $60/ton for coated groundwood, industry
PACKAGE DELIVERY: Carriers ace the holidays
Even with the influx of packages shipped by Web-only merchants, most catalogers contacted by Catalog Age gave high marks to parcel carriers during the
RETURN RATES: Good news about returns
Improved packing and quality control pay off for a number of mailersIt looks like mailers had a double dose of good cheer from holiday ’99. On top of
PARCEL DELIVERY: Donnelley Logistics buys CTC
Deal creates a more formidable competitor to United Parcel ServiceWith its Feb. 2 acquisition of CTC Direct Distribution, catalog printer R.R. Donnelley