MCM Week in Review 1-27-17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week week of 01/27/2017 UPS Acquires UK Truck Brokerage Firm Freightex UPS has acquired British firm Freightex to gain … Continue Reading →

UPS Acquires UK Truck Brokerage Firm Freightex

| Mike O'Brien

UPS has acquired British firm Freightex to gain entry into the European truck brokerage market. This comes eight months after FedEx closed its acquisition of Netherlands-based TNT Express. See what a UPS unit executive had to say about the rationale behind the move, how it will be integrated with Coyote Logistics and how it’s positioned in the European market.

MCM O+F Advisor 1/25/17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 01/25/2017 FedEx to Operate Pickup Facilities at Walgreens Stores In a move similar to UPS and its access point location … Continue Reading →

American Apparel Begins Layoffs and Closes Stores

| Daniela Forte

American Apparel laid off 2,400 employees in its Los Angeles headquarters and manufacturing hub two months after it filed for bankruptcy protection. Here is what it will mean for the company going forward.

Expand Your Search Strategy to Promote Brand Loyalty

| Chris Lehman

Retail brand loyalty has declined and marketers are faced with a new set of challenges in regaining brand loyalty from customers. Here is a checklist of digital ad strategies marketers should know as they move into 2017.

The Limited Shuts Down All 250 U.S. Stores

| Daniela Forte

Add The Limited to the growing list of retail chains foundering on troubled waters as the company, a victim of changing tastes, ecommerce and fast fashion, announced it is closing all of its 250 U.S. stores. Find out which other retail chains are closing their store locations and what this will mean for the retail industry as a whole.

ThreeSixty Group Acquires The Sharper Image

| MCM staff

ThreeSixty Group, Inc. a provider of branded consumer products to the nation’s largest retailers, announced that it has acquired The Sharper Image brand from Iconix Brand Group, Inc. See what ThreeSixty Group had to say about the acquisition and what it means for them.

MCM Ecommerce and Marketing 1-10-17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant STRATEGIES & TACTICS FOR THE B2B & B2C MERCHANT week of 1/10/2017 ThreeSixty Group Acquires The Sharper Image ThreeSixty Group, Inc. a provider of branded consumer products to … Continue Reading →