Ask the Fulfillment Doctor: Dashboard Dials

| Curt Barry

Imagine a series of dials in the corporate cockpit that reflect key indicators in customer service, sales tracking, and profitability. When tightly structured, these dials can give management an accurate and timely picture of the business

Critical issues and trends

| Sherry Chiger

At first glance, the financial picture for the respondents to Multichannel Merchant’s Benchmark Survey on Critical Issues and Trends looks rosy. Seventy-one

Double the deals

| Jim Tierney

Sixteen mergers and acquisitions took place during the third quarter, double the number of transactions that occurred during the third quarter of last

Keeping Your Circulation Healthy

| Jim Coogan

Are your Web buyers or your catalog requesters dragging down your response rates? Many catalogers face a problem of the flood of Web buyers, in that the number of buyers is going up but response to house buyer file mailings is going down.

Juggling Web AND Phone Contacts

| Curt Barry

The average multichannel merchant reports that up to 40% of direct sales come through the Internet, according to research conducted by my firm, F. Curtis