Alloy acquires Youthstream Media Networks
Teen apparel cataloger Alloy has acquired “substantially all” of the assets of Youthstream Media Networks for $7 million. Those assets include more than
Shipping/Delivery
Attic Treasures
When Smithsonian Business Ventures sent out RFPs to outsource its catalog and online fulfillment last year, the competition was so fierce that the final
opinion & response
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
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
Window Shopping
X-box or XP? For the average consumer, the choice is obvious. But for retailers, the next big thing in the systems arena may well be Windows XP Embedded,
Easy Access
Easy assembly. Easy access. Easy on, easy off. We’re so accustomed to these clichs that the word has lost much of its meaning. Yet it is at the core of
Five Aces
Business is no game, and it’s too important an activity to leave the results to chance. An ace in the hole is hardly cheating; instead, it’s a reserve
Alloy acquires Market Place Media
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
Artful Dodgers II
Ethics are on everyone’s mind these days, so it wasn’t a surprise when my May editorial (Artful Dodgers, p. 6) received more feedback than this column
Bright Idea
Using a concept called data envelopment analysis (DEA), a Georgia Institute of Technology research team has developed an Internet-based tool for benchmarking