4 Ways to Prep for Your Peak Season

| Jonathan Kusnitz

Peak season is about execution. Never is it more critical for your operations to deliver products quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively than when business is booming. Whether your peak season is related to Santa, summer, or back-to-school, here are …

Prepare For Crosschannel Consumers Before Black Friday

| Dan Dufault

Before Black Friday, merchants must employ mobile strategies and technology to adapt to their customer base and learn what will help their business grow as well as giving them a leg up on the competition.

DSW Builds Shoe-lover Community with Social Media

| Tim Parry

During her session at eTail Boston on Tuesday, DSW senior vice president Kelly Cook gave examples of why the shoe-seller’s Facebook page is a very active hangout for almost 700,000 fans. She also explained why building a community of loyal followers has lead to future earnings for DSW.

It’s Nap Time at Men’s Warehouse

| MCM staff

Let’s face it, Wednesday is the sluggish day of the work week. Which is exactly why we picked Men’s Warehouse for today’s Tweet of the Day.It’s time to embrace the importance of an effective power nap.

How Merchandise Forecasting Can Reduce Back Orders

| Ernie Schell

Sure, your order management and fulfillment system should be able to take a snapshot of your data for yesterday and today, but what about tomorrow? How will the multiple multichannel promotions you have in place and have planned affect demand? How many SKUs will you need of which items two weeks from now, or a month out?

7 Tips to Prepare Your Distribution Center for its Peak

| Steve Osburn

Whether your peak to average ratio is 2-1 or 20-1, time is getting tight to ensure that your facility is ready for peak. Making that list and checking it twice can be just the thing to ensure another successful peak season.

2012 Order Management Software Roundup

| MCM staff

If you are considering updating or upgrading your order management software, download this comprehensive report, functional rankings and comparison chart of over 30 OMS products/services before you do. There are new players, including a number of new …