*Hot Properties
With a reasonably constructed ten-year lease, a fulfillment operation can expect to attain an equity-underwritten rate of three dollars a square foot
Warehouse
Postal Power
The total freight is often as much as 40% lower than UPS ground Despite an impressive performance in recent years, few direct-to-customer shippers view
Ahead of the Game
As stories and jokes about failed dot-coms proliferate, it begins to seem that they are all here today, gone tomorrow. But e-commerce and multi-channel
Joining Forces
Companies have to keep the main thing the main thing Direct-to-customer retailers choose to outsource because of the third-party fulfillment industry’s
FORBIDDEN CITY
In traditional direct marketing, the statement You will receive your order in seven to ten business days actually meant something to both the cataloger
THAT’S AN ORDER
Did you ever notice that the declaration It’s not your father’s Oldsmobile any more turned out to be false? It was your father’s Oldsmobile. No one believed
PC Connection Lays Off 125, Launches Book
PC Connection, a $1.45 billion computer cataloger, announced on March 28 that it was eliminating 125 jobs, or 7.5% of its work force, taking a one-time
Keep IT Happy
When it comes to top talent, finders aren’t always keepers. A report by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young titled Retail I.T. 2000 gauges how much priority companies
KEVIN WOOLCOTT
How did you get into this line of work? I think it’s one of those things where you just fall into a career path. Years ago, I started working in a catalog
Crossing the Bar
Inspect process, not production, with overseas suppliers Preparing for an international audience through an appreciation of their culture and methods