Report: Multichannel Retailers Saw Double-Digit Growth in 2005
Marketing solutions provider Abacus’s annual multichannel trend report shows a 14% rise in sales and transactions in 2005.
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Report: Merchants Shifting Holiday Initiatives to E-Mail and SEM
Results of the Online Retail Holiday Readiness Report indicate a shift from price-based promotions to relationship marketing initiatives such as e-mail marketing and search engine marketing, which allow retailers to understand visitor intent and leverage behavior-based insights to target customers with relevant messages that strengthen relationships.
2Q Direct Sales Up 11% at Urban Outfitters
Philadelphia-based apparel and home decor merchant Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN), which mails the Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters titles, reported an 11% increase in its direct-to-consumer business, which includes the Anthropologie, Free People, and Urban Outfitters catalogs.
Swiss Colony Acquires Ashro Lifestyles
Monroe, WI-based multititle mailer Swiss Colony announced this week that it has acquired Ashro Lifestyles, a Downers Grove, IL-based cataloger of apparel and accessories geared to African-American women.
CIC Sold to VCOM
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that Grafton, VT-based business-to-business cataloger CIC, the owners of b-to-b titles National AV Supply and AV Discount Depot, was acquired by South Hackensack, NJ-based VCOM International Multimedia Corp.
Aramark Sold to Investor Group
Philadelphia-based food service and facilities management company Aramark Corp. has agreed to a $6.3 billion buyout offer.
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Management Shakeup at J&L Industrial Supply
Just two months after buying J&L Industrial Supply, Melville, NY-based maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplier MSC Industrial Direct Co. announced a restructuring of the management team.