FedEx Announces Express Rate Hikes
Effective Jan. 2, Memphis, TN-based Federal Express Corp. will charge an additional 3.5% for U.S. domestic and U.S. export Express package and freight shipments.
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CB2 to Launch Catalog in the Spring
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that CB2, an offshoot of Chicago-based cataloger/retailer Crate & Barrel, will mail its first catalog in the spring.
September Sales Roundup
For September, most of the cataloger/retailers tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT reported growth in their direct-to-consumer units. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita did cause some to suffer from lower-than-expected sales, however.
R.R. Donnelley to Acquire Spencer Press
Chicago-based printing and delivery services provider R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wells, ME-based printer Spencer Press.
Google Revamping Catalog Search Section
After possibly the longest beta test in Internet history, Google is apparently in the midst of a major overhaul of Google Catalog Search.
Catalogers’ E-commerce Tech Old and Homegrown
According to a recent survey of more than 200 catalog companies by Woburn, MA-based on-demand e-commerce technology provider Demandware, standard e-commerce functions such as ordering management, inventory management, and call center applications are most often handled by technology that was developed inhouse.
Pajama Website Finds Its Footing
“I always got cold feet,” says Valerie Bent, president of Big Feet Pajama Co., an online retailer of footed pajamas, about how her internal body temperature was consistently cool after … Continue Reading →
Backers Back Out of School Specialty Deal
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Charleston Gardens Digs Jewelry
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Celebrate Express Celebrates Sales, Earnings Gains
Kirkland, WA-based Celebrate Express, the marketer behind the Birthday Express,
Storybook Heirlooms, and Costume Express brands, reported net sales of $17.9 million for the quarter ended Aug. 31