Avoid the Postal Hike Blues with E-mail Appending
Postal rates are increasing in May, and smart marketers are insulating themselves from the hit by plunging headfirst into acquiring multichannel contact points for all of their customers.
Cross Channel
Annual Sales Up 11% for Design Within Reach
Fourth-quarter net sales for San Francisco-based furniture cataloger/retailer Design Within Reach rose 21%, to $50.1 million for the three months ended Dec. 30
PetSmart Exiting Equine Business
Pet products merchant PetSmart is exploring strategic opportunities for its State Line Tack direct business. It is also removing the State Line Tack departments
Q&A with J. Jill’s Kathie Lynch: Clothes Calls in Store
Kathie Lynch is the vice president of fulfillment for women’s apparel brand J. Jill, which was acquired by The Talbots in February 2006. Her group is
BabyUniverse Merging with eToys Direct
BabyUniverse, an online marketer of baby and maternity products, will merge with eToys Direct. The combined company’s brands will include Posh Tots, which
Small-Merchant Solutions: Nine Tips for Using the Merge/Purge
Contacting customers with a direct mail piece, such as a catalog, requires data processing. Data processing can be as simple as 1) deciding that you want
Resource Guide: Business Intelligence Solutions
To gain a better understanding of the true performance of their sales and operations, more merchants are implementing business intelligence (BI) solutions.
2007 MCM Awards Finalists
After weeks of scrutinizing, evaluating, and voting, the judges have selected the finalists in Multichannel Merchant’s MCM Awards. The judges named 60
Financial Update: Ending ’06 with a Bang
For the large majority of the publicly traded business-to-business merchants tracked by Multichannel Merchant, 2006 ended on a high note, with solid fourth-quarter
Coldwater, Orvis Name New Presidents
Cataloger/retailers Coldwater Creek and the Orvis Co. have both promoted insiders to the position of president