Catalogers’ E-commerce Tech Old and Homegrown

| MCM staff

According to a recent survey of more than 200 catalog companies by Woburn, MA-based on-demand e-commerce technology provider Demandware, standard e-commerce functions such as ordering management, inventory management, and call center applications are most often handled by technology that was developed inhouse.

Live from Shop.org: Blogs Overhyped, Says Dyson

| Ken Magill

Blogs get way too much press and should only be used by companies under the right circumstances, said Esther Dyson, editor-at-large of CNET Networks, during her opening keynote presentation here Tuesday.

Paying for clicks

| Tim Daly

Hundreds of companies have sprung up in recent years offering paid search engine marketing (SEM) management services, and with them, a multitude of pricing

NEW WEB CATALOGS

| MCM staff

Rhinestone Studio Not many companies can pin their launch on a cherry festival, but that is precisely how Canton, MI-based Rhinestone Studio got started