BIG TIME make way for the MCM 100

| Sherry Chiger

It’s always tempting to scrutinize industry lists such as the Multichannel Merchant 100 in hopes of discerning industrywide trends. In which case, the

Learning through sharing

| MCM staff

Rich Skinner is the warehouse manager for Nasco’s distribution center in Fort Atkinson, WI. Skinner works daily on seeing that Nasco’s supervisors and

L.A. Confidential: Contact Center Roundtable

| MCM staff

In February, Multichannel Merchant escaped the winter storms of the Northeast and jetted to sunny West Hollywood, CA, to discuss contact center management with a group of multichannel executives. Although the participants represented diverse merchandise categories, the challenges they face running a contact center and improving customer service are universal.

Backword

| MCM staff

Off with their heads! Looks like Modern Postcard is preaching do as I say, not as I do. When you go to the home page of the Carlsbad, CA-based mailing

By the Numbers: Contact Center Metrics

| Linda Formichelli

If train A leaves Boston at 3:13 p.m. going 75 miles per hour, and train B leaves New York City at 2:24 p.m. going 71 miles per hour, what time will they

List and Data Strategies: Tips for Capturing More Data

| Tim Parry

The Internet has led to new ways of obtaining marketing data about customers, but old-school methods still work well too. In fact, best practices in capturing information usually require using a combination of strategies to maximize completeness and recency of data, says Scott Cone, vice president/client leader of Lanham, MD-based database marketing company Merkle. Here’s advice from experts on how to effectively gather information and flesh out the data you have.