A Brief Guide to OMS Mergers and Acquisitions

| Ernie Schell

Coordinating this is a tall order. It is not surprising that software vendors in the OMS field either acquire other related vendors to make it easier to manage and support their solutions, or are acquired by other companies who value some or all of what the acquired company can provide.

Some More Contact Center Metrics

| Jim Tierney

Given the growth of the digital market, as well as the parallel direct-to-consumer and retail marketing, here are some newer contact center metrics to consider according to Steven Edelstein, CEO of brand management/marketing consultancy The Logical Step

How Business Intelligence Can Help You Understand Consumer Behavior

| MCM staff

Business intelligence makes the complex marketing campaign management process manageable. BI solutions aggregate information and provide retailers easy access to data for business reporting, analysis, planning and decision support. By transforming data into actionable information, BI helps retailers make faster fact-based decisions before, during, and after campaigns.

Vicki Cantrell Named Executive Director of Shop.org

| Tim Parry

More than a year after Scott Silverman stepped down as its executive director, Shop.org has found his replacement. Vicki Cantrell, a retail industry veteran who has held prominent positions at Tory Burch, Giorgio Armani and Gucci, was introduced to the Shop.org staff this morning as its new executive director and senior vice president-communities.