Getting your head around matchbacks 2.0
Many of us have accountants either for ourselves or our businesses for a simple reason: Every year the tax rules change and we simply cannot afford to
Marketing
Site gets a bird’s eye review
ABirdsWorld.com sells garden accents and wild bird care products such as birdhouses, baths and feeders. Does the site soar to heights of ecommerce greatness,
Finance: Strong Showing for B-to-B, Computers Merchants
The third quarter of 2010 revealed considerable renewed optimism for business-to-business and computers marketers. Consumer merchants, however, fared
Two U.K. systems hit U.S. shores
It’s not exactly a British invasion, but in the past year two U.K.-based vendors of multichannel order management and fulfillment software, MNP and Omnica,
A Bean Boot Backorder Story
A MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT STAFFER was shopping for boots online in early December and found a pair she liked at L.L. Bean. Uh, oh out of stock. So she tried
Getting Them to Buy
As with most financials these days, sales for holiday 2010 were pretty good if you compare them with 2009, and great if compared to 2008. According to
Sticking my head into the lion’s mouth
We’re now in the second decade of the 21st century. Attention spans shrink more every year. Competition is omnipresent. Emphasizing benefit generates
QCI Direct Feels Walmart Free Shipping Effect
It’s hard (or impossible) for any retailer to compete with Walmart on price. So when the general merchant announced free holiday shipping on its website
Editor’s Note: The New Retail Reality
THE NEWS THAT HOLIDAY RETAIL SALES had increased about 6% over 2009 is a sign that the economy is, if not rapidly rebounding, at least moving in the right
U.K. Software Provider MNP Invades U.S. Market
While it’s not exactly a British invasion, in the past year two U.K.-based vendors of multichannel order management and fulfillment software, MNP and Omnica, have established beachheads in the U.S