July Sales Roundup

| MCM staff

It may have been a hot outside, but July proved rather chilly, fiscally speaking, for Sharper Image Corp., as its sales continued to slide. For the other publicly traded companies tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT, however, July was much kinder.

Platt Out of CMS Direct

| MCM staff

MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that Doug Platt is leaving Minneapolis, MN-based database solution provider CMS Direct, effective Aug. 4.

J.C. Whitney Overhauls Website

| Jim Tierney

To make it easier for customers to shop for its automotive parts and accessories, Chicago-based merchant J.C. Whitney & Co. in June unveiled its new and improved Website.

Goods That Give to Give IT

| John Fischer

In the two years since it launched, New York-based print and Web cataloger Goods That Give has sold a broad range of eco-conscious products