PC Mall acquires ClubMac parent

| MCM staff

Torrance, CA-based computer cataloger PC Mall has acquired virtually all of the assets of fellow computer cataloger Pacific Business Systems (PBS). The

Variety Pack

| MCM staff

It can’t be a coincidence that in just one week, I’ve seen three major articles on diversity, in publications as different as a technology research report,

Carbon Copy

| Roger Sklar

The need to grow a company in the international marketplace is a challenge that U.S. firms increasingly realize they must face. Since, after all, they

great expectations

| Mark De Chambeau

A woman goes online to order a pair of black pumps. She enters women’s shoes into the search engine and chooses a site well-known in ladies’ fashion circles.

Out of Style

| MCM staff

If you were stranded on a desert island for years, would you be clad in the trendiest togs when the rescue ship finally found you? Of course not. Similarly,

Natural Selection

| Ernie Schell

There are very few SQL Server/Windows applications in the catalog management software field. Natural Order from Indianapolis-based Natural Solutions is

SQUARE PEGS

| Michael J. Wells

This is not an IQ test it’s the kind of situation that arises in DC design and layout all the time. Choosing the correct slotting strategy for a new facility

PC Connection buys MoreDirect

| MCM staff

Computer reseller PC Connection has acquired $219 million MoreDirect, a Boca Raton, FL-based e-procurement supplier of IT products to businesses and the