Booking the book buyers
Maybe it’s due to the growing popularity of music downloads. Or maybe it’s because category killers such as Amazon.com and BN.com continue to gobble up
Marketing
Guitar Center sells online at last
Although Guitar Center has had a Website since 1995, visitors could not buy product from the site. But in late June the Westlake Village, CA-based retailer
CDW buys its way into IT services market
For computer reseller CDW Corp., 2005 was a record-setting year in a variety of fiscal categories, including sales ($6.29 billion) and net income ($272.1
S&S helping curb kid obesity
There’s no question that childhood obesity is a growing problem in the U.S.: According to a 2003 study for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), every
Fair Indigo catalog hits the mail
Four former Lands’ End executives have joined forces to create Fair Indigo, a multichannel apparel company with a socially conscious message. Calling
Some question May 6 postal increase date
Postmaster General Jack Potter said on Sept. 20 that he expects the new postal rates to take effect on May 6, 2007. But some observers say that, given
Naturalizer’s brand makeover lifts sales
One look at the revamped Naturalizer catalog and it’s clear that these are not your mother’s Naturalizers. The St. Louis-based manufacturer/merchant of
Caught in the Net
A year after launching a Website selling its outdoor sporting gear and clothing in 1996, Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) installed Internet kiosks in
LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES MOVING TO GREENER PASTURES
Lake Champlain Chocolates was scheduled in October to move its packaging, warehousing, and shipping divisions into a building down the street from its
Creativity Comes Alive
The words of the author/theologian/educator/civil-rights leader Howard Thurman stopped me in my tracks: Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself