Systems Solutions: 2007 Order Management Software Roundup
Shopping for order management software (OMS) is never fun, but at least we’ve done much of the legwork for you with our annual roundup. We have four new
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PetSmart Exiting Equine Business
Pet products merchant PetSmart is exploring strategic opportunities for its State Line Tack direct business. It is also removing the State Line Tack departments
Digging for DC Dirt
It’s probably easier for a fulfillment executive to answer the question What are you not concerned about? than to detail his or her primary concerns.
Grainger Launches Plumbing Catalog
Continuing its push to delve deeper into its product lines, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) marketer W.W. Grainger introduced a 318-page catalog
The Shape of Parcel Efficiency
If the sweeping changes of the pending postal rate case could be summed up in one sentence, it would be this: How much you pay for postage depends on
The Future of Flats
True or false: The U.S. Postal Service’s proposed rate changes, scheduled to take effect May 14, will change the way catalogers prepare, sort, and drop
Seeking Solutions to Postal Predicament
Now that most of the changes proposed as part of the current postal rate case are scheduled to go into effect on May 14, catalogers are scrambling for
Wanted: One Glass Slipper
If the continuing story of Rate Case 2006-1 were a fairy tale, catalogers would be Cinderella and the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) would be the
2007 MCM Awards Finalists
After weeks of scrutinizing, evaluating, and voting, the judges have selected the finalists in Multichannel Merchant’s MCM Awards. The judges named 60
List and Data Strategies: Analytic Tools Meet Web 2.0
The marriage of database marketing tools and Web 2.0 has enabled marketing services providers to deliver application programming interface (API) analytics