Sheplers sold to investor group
Private equity player Gryphon Investors, working with Growth Ventures Group, has acquired $125 million-plus western wear merchant Sheplers.
Cross Channel
Keep an eye on the experience
Smart marketers understand that long-term success depends on treating customers to a great experience, one that’s seamless across channels. What’s the best way to do that? This month we’ll look at why you need to go beyond order conversion when you track success, and how aligning your Web and print channels can improve the experience you offer your own customers.
J.C. Whitney revs up
Retail sales are sluggish, and high gas prices have put the brakes on consumer spending (and driving). The last cataloger you would expect to be doing well is J.C. Whitney. Yet the auto parts and accessories merchant is cranking, with double-digit growth for the first quarter.
New dogs learn old tricks
One of the most telling examples of how far e-commerce has evolved in the past decade happened this summer at the eTail 2007 conference in Washington.
Swiss Colony heads to Shanghai
Swiss Colony has been buying clothing and furniture from suppliers in China for about eight years,
From Fido and Fluffy to frogs and ferets
According to New York-based media brokerage firm ParadyszMatera, the pet supplies market list segment has increased during the past two years.
14 done deals in 2Q
While the 14 transactions that took place during the second quarter was an improvement over the seven deals for the first quarter of 2007, that’s down from the period last year. For he second quarter of 2006, 19 industry deals were recorded.
22nd ANNUAL MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT AWARDS
In celebrating this year’s crop of Multichannel Merchant Award winners, one thing is clear: As sophisticated as our industry has become during the past
Ballard Designs opens store
To celebrate its silver anniversary, Ballard Designs is headed to the mall. The home decor, gifts, and garden accessories cataloger this week opens its first store, in the Tampa, FL-based International Plaza.
Everything old is new again
As soon as I arrived in Washington for the eTail conference last month, I was ready to be hit with the latest and greatest online technologies and strategies. And while there was plenty of talk about e-mail strategies, live assistance techniques, and Flex vs. AJAX, the big buzz about the show seemed to be