Why You Need to Plan Your Holiday Marketing in July

| Jim Davidson

Even though July is months before the full roar of the holiday season, this is the time to kick off your planning for some of the potentially most time consuming tasks. Understanding which tasks benefit most from early planning will help ensure you move into the holiday season with your plan ready and a fully checked off to-do list.

How to Avoid the Dreaded Spam Folder

| Erin Lynch

So how do you make sure your email isn’t lost in the deadly shuffle of spam? According to a new report, here are some steps you can take to ensure optimized email deliverability.

Struggling J.C. Penney Loses President: “Nothing Short of a Disaster”

| Jim Tierney

Since struggling retailer J.C. Penney launched its new marketing/merchandising strategy on Feb. 1, matters have gone from bad to worse. Now that J.C. Penney President Michael R. Francis abruptly left the company on Monday after a mere eight months amid sinking sales and plummeting stock, what does the future hold for the 110-year-old company?