Operations & Fulfillment
Lifetime Brands Consolidates Operations with New DC
Lifetime Brands, a marketer/distributor of consumer home products, is taking over its own fulfillment with the opening of a new distribution center.
Post-Season Audits, Part 2: Reducing Costs in the DC
With the peak volume of the holiday season over, you should have just about finished your post-season audit of your operation.
Control Freaks
A woman goes online in search of a new blouse. She’s not exactly sure of what she’s looking for, so she asks her sister to shop with her. Her sister thinks
Victoria’s Secret’s DC woes mount
Problems with its new distribution center continue to plague Victoria’s Secret Direct. Because integration issues in the DC are preventing the women’s apparel merchant from meeting expected volume, it is reducing catalog circulation to suppress demand.
Send them packing
Packing is a simple task requiring little or no thought: You pack the goods, seal the box, and send it to the shipping department. Right? Not quite. This
FUNDAMENTALS OF MERCHANDISING
Product is the lifeblood of your business So when was the last time you put any serious thought into the way you merchandise your catalog, Website, or
MAKING A RATE CASE
When your shipping costs go up, it would be nice if you could just pass that increase along to your customers. But you can’t: Multiple studies show that
Give me the Goods
Inventory is most likely the largest balance sheet asset in your company. How well you plan, purchase, and manage your inventory largely determines your
Conducting a Post Season Audit, Part I
Although the 2007 holiday season hasn