Direct Sales for Staples Rise 2% in 1Q

| MCM staff

First-quarter sales for Staples slipped 1%, to $6.1 billion, for the three months ended April 28. Direct sales from its North American Delivery Business — which includes the Staples and Quill catalogs and online businesses as well as the Staples contract delivery business — grew 2%, to $2.6 billion.

How to Recognize Online Fraud

| Jim Tierney

Online fraud moves rapidly worldwide and is often impossible to identify. Here’s a few things you need to know about recognizing online fraud.

Quad/Graphics Renews OfficeMax Contract

| MCM staff

Quad/Graphics, Inc. has renewed its exclusive retail insert and catalog printing business with OfficeMax, and added significant direct mail volume for the office supply retailer in a new multiyear agreement.

Experts Say AmazonSupply Will Change B-to-B Ecommerce

| Tim Parry

Amazon.com’s launch of its business-to-business marketplace has the potential to alter the landscape for b-to-b merchants. But while some industry experts see the launch of AmazonSupply.com as an all-out game-changer for b-to-b merchants, others see Amazon’s entry as an added plus for b-to-b sellers.