15 Tips to Combat Parcel Rate Increases

| Curt Barry

All the parcel carriers will complete their 2008 pricing announcements in the next few weeks. Given the size of the increases announced so far, multichannel companies need to look at all options open to them and develop short and long-term strategies to reduce the impact.

What is Your Crystal Ball Telling You?

| Rene Jones

The future of your organization lies in the hands of your warehouse personnel. You probably did not want to hear that, and you most certainly do not believe it! But your warehouse knows your customers better than any other department in your organization.

Shipwire Unveils Canadian Warehouse

| MCM staff

Third-party logistics provider Shipwire announced Nov. 12 that it has expanded into the Canadian market with a new Toronto-based warehouse.

Metrics: Do You Measure Up?

| Randall Brough

A metric-centric organization is one that has a comprehensive yet concise plan to capture, classify, and communicate important data elements, and more important, act upon it.

The Software Center

| Ernie Schell

OrderMotion Teams with Channel Intelligence Software providers OrderMotion and Channel Intelligence have joined forces. OrderMotion specializes in on-demand order and customer management solutions for small and medium-sized merchants that sell direct to …

WMS WATCH

| Ernie Schell

Your distribution center needs to be able to control inventory movements, from receiving and put-away to picking and packing, as well as the management

Conney Safety sold

| Mark Del Franco

Nine years after buying the business, K+K America sold Conney Safety Products to private equity firm Caxton-Iseman Capital for $48 million.

Fulfilling Prophecies

| Curt Barry

You know it, we know it: These are tough times in the multichannel marketing industry on the front end and back end. And with many merchants now heading

Give first-time buyers a boost

| Gina Valentino

There’s an old joke about the devil being low on quota, so he decided to heavily promote special offers, free gifts and promises. With an immediate and

Wildfires Spare Southern CA Mailers

| MCM staff

The tragic Southern California wildfires had many catalogers working on suppressing mailings to zip codes in the affected areas last week. But merchants based in the region had more pressing concerns, such as evacuations, air quality, distribution problems, and of course, general terror that the flames would reach them.