Getting personal
Given all the hoopla in the ’90s about how technology would enable one-to-one marketing, you’d think by now everybody would be receiving personalized catalogs. But few catalogers have embraced the strategy
Cross Channel
Richard Thalheimer’s solo act
Richard Thalheimer is back in action. Less than a year after he was replaced as chairman/CEO of The Sharper Image Corp., Thalheimer has unveiled an e-commerce
CDW acquired by private equity firm
It pays to be CDW Corp. The computer reseller, which in April reported a 24.5% rise in first-quarter net income, announced on May 30 that it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately $7.3 billion.
Home Depot sheds HD Supply unit
After spending the past decade building up its business-to-business division, home improvement products retailer Home Depot has sold the unit to a trio of private equity firms:Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
The Audience Choice Awards Winners
We nominated, you voted, who won? This year we let you all of you be the judge in our first-ever Audience Choice Awards. Nearly 700 people voted for the
Hello, again
Looking for new customers? Forget outbound telemarketing as a means of getting them. Prospecting for new business via phone is a low-percentage activity,
Businesses continue to boom
For the business-to-business and computer merchants tracked by Multichannel Merchant, 2007 is off to a good start: The majority turned in stellar performances
BIG TIME make way for the MCM 100
It’s always tempting to scrutinize industry lists such as the Multichannel Merchant 100 in hopes of discerning industrywide trends. In which case, the
Hats off to 2007 MCM award winners
After months of suspense, the winners of the annual Multichannel Merchant Awards were announced at the Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM) in Boston at a special luncheon ceremony on May 22. Although you’ll have to wait until the September issue of Multichannel Merchant to read profiles of the winners, for now here’s the complete list of the 2007 award recipients.
The Talbots Names New Chief
Apparel cataloger/retailer The Talbots (NYSE: TLB) has named Trudy F. Sullivan president/CEO, effective Aug. 6, 2007.