Urban Outfitters has appointed James Bidwell to the newly created position of managing director, Anthropologie Europe. Bidwell had been chief executive of Visit London (formerly the London Tourist Board); before that he was marketing director at Selfridges
Canadian consumers are expected to spend more than $16 billion online in 2009 — and Saks Direct, the e-commerce division of upscale retailer Saks, is looking to get its slice of the pie
Kitchenware/home decor cataloger/retailer Williams-Sonoma has launched a catalog circulation optimization strategy to reduce costs and refine its marketing focus. And it
Cataloger/retailer Delia
Federal agents raided the headquarters of Petters Group Worldwide, a minority stockholder of general merchant Fingerhut Direct Marketing, on Sept. 24.
Catalog Choice
Although Lenser is still learning its way around the blogosphere, the company is hoping to get its clients on board with the tactic. What should budding bloggers keep in mind?
Say a merchant has an average order value of $200 on Monday, and it plunges to $35 the next day and soars to $450 on Wednesday.
You could have an e-commerce site with more than 100,000 items on it. But if your index isn’t working, you could become the great unknown in cyberspace.
Direct marketing sales for luxury goods merchant Neiman Marcus Group, which mails the Neiman Marcus and Horchow apparel and home decor catalogs, increased 3.4%, to nearly $170.7 million for the fourth quarter ended Aug. 2. In addition to the flagship retail chain, the company owns New York