USPS Desperately Seeking Five-Day Mail Delivery
The prospect of losing a day of mail delivery is getting closer to reality.
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1-800-Flowers.com Mum on Reported Layoffs at Plow & Hearth
Home decor merchant Plow and Hearth reportedly laid off at least 45 workers in two rounds last week. And according to a report from Madison County, VA, news television station NBC29, more job cuts are expected at the cataloger.
Ross-Simons VP Makes New Appeal to USPS
Catalogers been slammed with high postage increases
Home Depot to Halt EXPO Business, Cut 7,000 Jobs
Home improvement products retailer Home Depot is pulling the plug on its high-end EXPO business and cutting its support staff. The moves will mean a loss of 7,000 jobs, or 2% of the company
Williams-Sonoma to Lay Off 1,400
Williams-Sonoma will lay off about 1,400 employees
Lights Out at Illuminations
Less than three years after Yankee Candle Co. acquired Illuminations in a $22 million cash deal, parent company Yankee Holding Corp. has announced plans to shut down the Illuminations retail stores and consumer direct business.
Live From Internet Retailer: Lessons Learned From Holiday 2008
What did online industry watchers learn from this past holiday season, aside from the fact that sales for many were lagging? Plenty. In her session at Internet Retailer’s Web Design conference on Jan. 21, Lauren Freedman detailed several e-commerce customer service initiatives her consulting firm, The E-tailing Group, is seeing more of.
Live From Internet Retailer: Picking the Right Web Design Partner
How does a merchant select a company to redesign its Website? Very carefully — especially in this economy.
Amazon, Overstock, Lose Round One Against NY Online Tax Law
Amazon.com and Overstock.com have lost the first round of their lawsuits challenging a relatively new tax law allowing the state of New York to collect sales taxes from Web retailers with no physical presence in the state.
Live From Internet Retailer: QVC Site Puts the Customer First
Home shopping giant QVC aims to engage online customers in a multimedia shopping experience, said Ivy Chin, its vice president, architecture, design, and video, at Internet Retailer’s Web Design conference.