Holiday Shopping Up, Spending Down
Looking at the numbers posted for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, more consumers hit the stores and the sites this year, but they spent less compared to 2006.
Channel Integration
Holiday Highlights: Lillian Vernon Ramps Up Operations
How does Lillian Vernon prepare for the surge in holiday business? O+F Advisor has a chat with Chris Anderson, the gifts merchant
Financial Reports: Staples, Charming Shoppes, Office Depot
Financial results for Staples, Charming Shoppes, Office Depot
Sears Ups the Ante for Restoration Hardware
The Sears-Restoration Hardware saga took another turn this week. Sears Holdings Corp. announced on Nov. 26 it is prepared to offer $269 million for the home furnishings company.
Holiday Highlights: Fairytale Brownies on Staffing Up
MCM talks to Fairytale Brownies about how it attracts and retains distribution center workers for the holidays.
Financial Reports: BlueFly, Williams-Sonoma, Red Envelope
Quarterly results for BlueFly, Williams-Sonoma, and Red Envelope
More Growth Strategies for the Multichannel Merchant
Catalogers need to know they need to grow the number of channels they are in. But which ones should they jump into next, and what are the benefits?
FAO Schwarz Buys Best & Co.
Upscale toy merchant FAO Schwarz has acquired Best & Co., a marketer of luxury children’s apparel and accessories.
The Loyalty Ecosystem
Given the advances in loyalty value propositions, database design and analytical techniques, these retailers have unprecedented opportunity to join with their partners in the packaged-goods industry to implement best-in-class enterprise customer-management programs
Charming Shoppes Starts One Title, Shutters Another
A week after launching its Lane Bryant catalog, Charming Shoppes yesterday announced it would close its Regalia women