Why do attendees come to the Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM)? Is it to listen to presentations from their peers and industry experts? To shop for goods and services in the Exhibit Hall? To catch up with colleagues they haven
For all the numbers that show organizers like to throw at you, the biggest number this year is one. This is the first Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM).
What better place to introduce products and services for multichannel merchants than at the largest conference for multichannel merchants. Here
For the first quarter, United Stationers, Cabela’s, Harry & David Holdings, Gaiam, and Blue Nile all had good news to report on at least one side of their ledgers.
A different month but the same disappointing story for Sharper Image Corp. For the other publicly traded companies tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT, however, April was far from the cruelest month.
Better prepare to pay more in postage: The U.S. Postal Service on May 3 filed a proposal with the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) seeking an average overall rate hike of about 8.5%, with a 9% increase for standard mail. Priority Mail is proposed to increase by 13.8%; Express Mail by 12.5%; package services by 13.4%; and periodicals by 11.7%. The proposed price increases would take affect in mid-2007.
In the press release announcing its first-quarter results, Warren, PA-based Blair Corp. attributed its 4.5% decline in sales to
Boston-based investment firm Audax Group announced Monday that it has sold water sports merchant Overton’s to private equity firm Linsalata Capital Partners
Sports Endeavors, a Hillsborough, NC-based soccer and lacrosse gear cataloger, has acquired Madison, WI-based rival Big Toe Soccer.
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