ComScore: Trends Point to Digital Marketing Channel Growth

| MCM staff

In order to be successful, digital marketers must understand the key trends shaping the current marketplace and what that means for the future of their businesses. In the following videos, comScore’s thought leaders talk about why they see ecommerce, mobile, online video and social media growth potential in 2012.

Catalog Critique: A Look at the February 2012 J.C. Penney Look Book

| MCM staff

Is it a well-executed store-driver, or a poorly-produced web-driver? And is it digitally-friendly, or an iPad eyesore? Everyone has an opinion about the new J.C. Penney look book that hit 14 million mailboxes right after the merchant announced its new brand identity last month. So here’s seven critiques from Multichannel Merchant’s staff and its contributing writers.

Six Items to Consider When Analyzing Prior Season

| Geoff Wolf

We all know that consumer behavior is changing rapidly. Yet, when reviewing their prior season, many merchants continue to look at the same metrics year after year. In addition, merchants look at these metrics the exact same way every year.

Galls Merges with Quartermaster

| Jim Tierney

Galls, a b-to-b merchant of public safety equipment, has merged with Quartermaster, a specialty distributor of public safety products. Though Gall

How to Choose B2B Co-op Database’s: Key Factors to Review

| MCM staff

Trying to determine if your company can yield sufficient incremental value from participating in one or multiple business-to-business membership cooperative databases? These three articles provide the roadmap to help you evaluate the opportunity and determine which co-op database or databases will provide you with the greatest return.

Melissa Payner-Gregor Out at Bluefly

| Tim Parry

Melissa Payner-Gregor has resigned as CEO at Bluefly, according to an 8-K the off-price luxury apparel and accessories merchant filed Feb. 2 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Payner-Gregor, who also gave up her seat on Bluefly’s board of directors, was immediately replaced by chief operations officer Joseph C. Park.

United Retail Group Files for Chapter 11

| Jim Tierney

Under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, United Retail Group has entered into an asset purchase agreement with private equity firm Versa Capital Management. Versa Capital will serve as the stalking horse bidder during the court-supervised auction of the business.