Glendale Acquired by Capital Resource Partners

| Jim Tierney

Private equity firm Capital Resource Partners has acquired Glendale, a direct marketer of ceremonial uniform accessories and parade equipment worn and used by the military, police and fire departments, schools and organizations.

Weaving Your Heritage into Your Branding Communications

| Andrea Syverson

No doubt, you can recall iconic products for each of these companies without seeing their bricks or clicks or printed catalog pages. You may have some of these items in your closet right now. Just how do they combine this past/present approach? Here’s a look at how these

The Top 20 Contact Center Metrics for 2012

| Penny Reynolds

The three main stakeholder groups are pretty obvious. The most important group is, of course, is your customer base. The second group is the senior management team. And the third group is your contact center workforce. We

2011 in Review: QR Codes Become Mainstream and Mystery

| Tim Parry

The U.S. Postal Service, which is not necessarily known for being cutting-edge, deserves credit for raising QR code awareness to direct mailers. The USPS offered mailers a 3% discount if it used the 2D barcodes in its mailings over the summer.