Just for You
The sector of the direct-to-customer marketplace is populated by thousands of modest catalogs, single-product companies that do direct marketing through
Operations & Fulfillment
SUPER MODEL
Oh, to sashay down a catwalk affecting an attitude of supercilious cool as the paparazzi gape in hushed reverence at your warehouse, which is absolutely
Profile: BILL MONK
Director of Logistics Nordstrom.com How long have you been in logistics? I didn’t go to school for it. I was a paperboy for nine years, and I always tried
Here, You Do It
Just as insects rely on cooperation and delgation to build complex social systems, business must rely on partnerships to build complex operations. Today’s
opinion & response
Offer Article Generates Response Your October cover article Making Them an Offer is overdue and welcome. For many years I’ve worked in direct mail and
Smarter, Not Harder
Lack of consumer confidence and a slowdown in spending have begun to hurt catalogers. After years of double-digit growth, in recent months many companies
Alloy Acquires Dan’s Competition
New York–Teen apparel cataloger Alloy has acquired Mt. Vernon, IN-based Dan
Four Walls, No Windows
This morning’s fluffy white clouds have turned into a full-scale thunderstorm, but it’s only when you walk out the door that you remember your umbrella
The 3-D Customer
Everything is going digital. Just think of all the little computer chips that surround us in our phones, TVs, CD players, watches, appliances, cash registers,
Operations and Management: The Postmerger Warehouse
When Jacksonville, FL-based Venus Swimwear bought Middleton, WI-based WinterSilks in 1998, Venus president Daryle Scott spoke of the operational synergies