Cross Channel
Christmas in May
It’s never to soon to start thinking about the all-important holiday season. Before the gift-buying frenzy typically gets under way, customers are stocking
A Page from [ or to ] Your Website
The cover of a print catalog says: 2004/2005 / Columbia, Snake and Willamette River Cruises / Aboard Authentic SternWheeler / Along The Lewis& Clark Route.
A Tale of Two Databases: Marketing and Operational
In keeping with the move toward multichannel marketing, many catalogers are converting their house files into customer marketing databases, says Arthur Middleton Hughes, vice president/solutions architect for Richardson, TX-based database marketing firm KnowledgeBase Marketing. Some are using advanced techniques to increase customer response, retention, and cross-sells. In return they are seeing increased rates of retention and increased order sizes.
Cable Access
Will The Garnet Hill Hour be sandwiched between Rug Gallery and Gold Wardrobing on cable-TV shopping network HSN’s prime-time schedule? Perhaps, once
To keep growing, Sharper Image prunes
Sharper Image Corp. has had a great run: For nine of the 10 past years, the San Francisco-based manufacturer/marketer of high-tech gifts enjoyed sales
Live from eTail 2005: REI’s Channel Integration Tips
One size don’t not fit all when it comes to channel integration, said Joan Broughton, vice president of multichannel programs for outdoor products marketer Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI).
BENCHMARK 2005 MARKETING
Thomas Jefferson declared that information is the currency of democracy. More recently, U.S. general Gordon Sullivan said, Information is the currency
Multichannel Marketing: Web Prospecting, Catalog Selling
Consumer direct marketing has just about doubled in the past five years. It now accounts for about 15% of the total consumer merchandise sold in a $1