Five Must-Haves to Move Transactional E-mails

| MCM staff

According to a new white paper by e-mail marketer ExactTarget, no other message is as personal, relevant, and anticipated as a transactional e-mail. But most merchants have little or no visibility into the performance of transactional e-mails

Segmenting Multichannel Buyers

| Todd Miller

Until recently, many catalogers were segmenting their buyer files by order channel, not by channel of origin. But segmenting by channel of origin in increasingly popular for true multichannel merchants. Why? Click here for more.

Merchandising 2.0

| Curt Barry

As much as we hear these days about Web 2.0, e-commerce isn’t the only facet of multichannel marketing to advance. The best retailers are taking their merchandising strategies to new and higher levels

Stellar second quarter

| Jim Tierney

Nearly all of the business-to-business and computer marketers tracked by Multichannel Merchant turned in superb performances during the second quarter.

Sears stores find a fit for Lands’ End

| Jim Tierney

Sears Holdings Corp. has taken a lot of heat during the past five years for the way it’s handled the integration of the Lands’ End apparel catalog brand. But the retailer seems to have found a strategy that works: the store-within-a-store.

Home, sweet home merchants

| Mark Del Franco

There’s no place like the home market, or multichannel purveyors of furnishings, linens, floor and window coverings, tableware, and kitchen items. The

Redcats USA acquires United Retail Group

| Jim Tierney

Could Redcats USA be contemplating retail? The multititle cataloger announced on Sept. 11 it bought plus-size women’s apparel retailer United Retail Group for $198.9 million, or $13.70 per share in cash.

HD Supply a discounted done deal

| Mark Del Franco

As further proof that the dismal housing market is putting a crimp in the catalog/retail industry, Home Depot in late August finally sold its business-to-business division to three private equity firms