Truffles and Trash
When the same name crops up many times in different contexts, it’s hard to not experience a frisson a feeling that, somehow, you were meant to learn something
Operations & Fulfillment
Opinion and Response
A Rosy Tribute to Cesar Chavez Marking the first time that Jackson & Perkins has named one of its roses after a Latino figure, the plants cataloger has
hard labor
You’re imprisoned in a small cubicle. You’re wearing a headset. Your phone rings constantly, and you’ve no choice but to answer it. You’re watched, compared,
Strong Medicine
Last September’s attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, produced a strong and continuing consensus about the need for a heightened state of security
PC Mall buys solutions provider
Computer cataloger PC Mall has agreed to buy substantially all the assets of technology solutions provider Wareforce out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The
Wine With Everything
When you’re stuck with a lemon, you make lemonade, but what do you do with sour grapes? Make wine, of course. When a merger between two Web-based wine
NEW DOG OLD TRiCK
You can applaud the skill of a prestidigitator even if you suspect that his act is all done with mirrors. But in a tough economy, when time and money
Operations Roundtable: The Back End Takes a Front Seat
In February, Catalog Age met in Richmond, VA, with nine catalog operations executives. Some worked at large, multititle mailers, others at small companies
IDENTITY CRISIS
FUEL PRICES AREN’T THE ONLY SHIPPING COSTS going up these days. Even if operations executives devote themselves wholeheartedly to penny pinching, the
PC Connection, PC Mall Make Acquisitions
In the space of nine days, two computer catalogers PC Connection and PC Mall announced acquisitions. On March 26, Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection reported