Operations and Management: The Postmerger Warehouse
When Jacksonville, FL-based Venus Swimwear bought Middleton, WI-based WinterSilks in 1998, Venus president Daryle Scott spoke of the operational synergies
Shipping/Delivery
The 3-D Customer
Everything is going digital. Just think of all the little computer chips that surround us in our phones, TVs, CD players, watches, appliances, cash registers,
direct marketing salaries
Catalog Marketing manager, business-to-business Equivalent to a product manager in a consumer packaged goods environment, the marketing manager for a
Alloy Launches AlloY-Access Reports
New York–Teen apparel cataloger and media company Alloy and its teen research company, Y-Access, announced the launch of AlloY-Access Reports. The reports
Four Walls, No Windows
This morning’s fluffy white clouds have turned into a full-scale thunderstorm, but it’s only when you walk out the door that you remember your umbrella
opinion & response
Pregnant Pause for Baby Catalog Requests I want to thank you for the wonderful resource you provide via the Catalog Age Website. I am amazed by the amount
Sex, Lies, and Wrestling Matches
Those of you who frequent eBay know that the relics of dead dot-coms have become hot sellers. Dealers pay tidy sums for defunct stock certificates, signs,
Reinvent the Wheel
Merchants have been using customer relationship management since they first set up shop in clean, well-lit caves thousands of years ago. They knew, for
opinion & response
Sour on Service I am a subscriber to Catalog Age and an inveterate catalog shopper. I was also the owner of a mail order fabric business, Jelhlor Fantasy
talking heads
The emperor has no clothes! The is out in the open. The Internet is at a crossroads. It is readily apparent that there is very little future for e-commerce