How Customer Loyalty Differs Online

| Michael Greenberg

The major difference online is the ability to track nearly all customer behavior and transactions. In the multichannel world, this can be difficult. Without this limitation, online sellers can focus entirely on the driving customer value and loyalty directly.

Just do it

| Ken Magill

By now the evidence is overwhelming that behaviorally triggered marketing e-mails work like gangbusters that is, when they’re implemented. Trouble is,

DineWise Acquires Home Bistro

| Tim Parry

Gourmet Foods Merchant Home Bistro Foods is Back in Business: Rival prepared-foods merchant DineWise bought the company out of Chapter 11 on June 11.

Inside the Spiegel Sale

| MCM staff

For the Second Time in Less than a Year, Spiegel Brands has a New Owner. Signature Styles, a newly formed division of private equity firm Patriarch Partners,

Using BI to Sharpen Your Competitive Edge

| Jeff Buck

True multichannel success can only be achieved when the retailer has visibility into all channels separately and as a single, cohesive business. Retail-focused business intelligence (BI) and analytics can help.

Cheer Up: Things Could be Worse

| MCM staff

The phrase cautious optimism is always overused in recessionary times. It’s often a way for financial analysts and trade journalists to put lipstick on