Using Business Intelligence Solutions to Hone Strategies

| Curt Barry

Among the many potential benefits of BI: Honing inventory and reducing costly back orders; a better understanding of the costs of core (never-out) products within broad SKU assortments; and a better understanding of merchandising and marketing results by catalog and digital channels.

6 Ways to Maximize Your Mobile Promotions

| Jim Tierney

When brands launch a new SMS (Short Message Service) program, they typically implement an extensive 90-day promotional period to maximize exposure. After that period, promotions rely on a regular schedule that produces occasional spikes in awareness.

Here are six ways to maximize your new SMS program.

5 Ways Small- and Mid-sized Merchants Can Compete with Large Merchants

| Fred Lizza

Jacque Pelletier, founder of Fashion Connection, says that the ability to manage his inventory across multiple platforms has helped the business flourish and differentiate itself from local brick-and-mortar competitors. Additionally, the Fashion Connection, is looking ahead and readying themselves to take on bigger challenges such as mobile commerce.