Everybody Jumps on the Metrics Bandwagon
(Magilla Marketing) JupiterResearch analyst David Daniels is spearheading an industry-wide effort to standardize e-mail metrics, starting with defining terms around delivery.
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Live from AOTA 07: Microsoft Says Sender ID Helps Vs. Spam
Boston–Microsoft announced that its e-mail authentication scheme has helped it make a serious dent in the amount of spam reaching Windows Live Hotmail accounts.
Best Buy, Microsoft Partner on Vista Catalog
Best Buy and Microsoft teamed up in February to launch a catalog featuring the latter
Blair’s First-Quarter Sales Down 26%
First-quarter net sales at apparel and home decor cataloger Blair Corp. sank nearly 26%, to $76.1 million
Neiman Marcus on IPO Rumors: “No Comment”
Eighteen months ago, an investor group led by Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus took luxury goods merchant Neiman Marcus Group private in a $5.1 billion deal. Now rumors are circulating that the luxury merchant may be preparing to file for an initial public offering
Ashford.com Sold for $400,000
Private holding company Luxi Group has acquired online jeweler Ashford.com for $400,000.
Record 2006 for Jos. A. Bank Clothiers
It was a stellar fiscal 2006 for Hampstead, MD-based cataloger/retailer Jos. A. Bank Clothiers.
The Software Corner
The director of Ventnor, NJ-based consultancy Marketing Systems Analysis, Ernie Schell takes a quarterly look around the changing software landscape for MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT/OPERATIONS + FULFILLMENT.
Strong First Quarter for Grainger
Lake Forest, IL-based W.W. Grainger reported a 9% increase in first-quarter sales, to $1.5 billion for the three months ended March 31.
Six Keys to Mailing Your Web Buyers
Catalog merchants need to learn the new rules for mailing Web buyers profitably to manage the flood of business coming through the Web. And pure web merchants will gain a huge advantage other Web marketers if they learn to circulate catalogs to their buyers