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Live From E-Tail: Orvis Exec is Down on Silos
By: By Tim Parry
Brad Wolansky, vice president of e-commerce at Orvis, hates it when his company sends coupons to Web buyers within 50 miles of an Orvis store--and those coupons can only be redeemed in the retail location....

Live From E-Tail: Print Catalogs Still Not Dead
By: By Tim Parry
Washington—It wouldn’t be an Internet marketing conference without the "Are catalogs a dead breed?" debate popping up...

Live From Etail: Let Customers Have their Say
By: By Tim Parry
Washington--If you want to keep the faith of your customers, let them talk about you. On your Website. That was the message Drew Wofford III...

Stupendous Second Quarter for Schein

Second-quarter sales at Melville, NY-based Henry Schein rose 18.6%, to $1.6 billion for the 13 weeks ended June 28. Net income nearly doubled...

Blyth Buys As We Change
By: By Jim Tierney
Blyth, the parent company of gifts and housewares cataloger Miles Kimball, announced on Aug. 4 it acquired As We Change, a catalog targeting women age 40 and older...

Smithsonian Catalog, Website Back in Action
By: By Jim Tierney
After being out of commission for four months, the Smithsonian Catalogue and online store are back in business...

Live From E-Tail: Avon Embracing Social Networking
By: By Tim Parry
Washington--The old catchphrase "Avon calling" could soon be replaced with a more 21st-century saying: "Avon pinging." ...

Boscov's Files Chapter 11

Add Boscov's to the list of retailers that have filed for Chapter 11. ...

Sales Rise, Net Income Falls At United Stationers

Second-quarter sales for office supplies merchant United Stationers rose 9.7%, to $1.25 billion, for the three-month period ended June 30....

Report: E-Commerce Investments Increasing
By: By Tim Parry
Consumers may be reluctant to spend these days, but merchants are beefing up their investments in e-commerce, according to a white paper released last week by The E-Tailing Group. ...

Letter to the Editor: MeritDirect Not Part of InfoGroup

MeritDirect CEO Ralph Drybrough recaps the facts regarding the B2B list firm...

Redcats USA Sheds Missy Unit
By: By Jim Tierney
Redcats USA is a little leaner: The multititle apparel mailer announced July 28 it completed the sale of its Missy division to New York-based private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners. ...

Bill Cracks Down on Organized Retail Crime
By: By Patrick Barnard
A bill making its way through Congress aims to crack down on criminals who sell stolen goods in large quantities on the Internet....

Second-quarter Sales Hike for PC Mall

Computer reseller PC Mall’s net sales for the second-quarter jumped 26%, to $331.2 million for the three months ended June 30. Net income was $3.0 million, which was flat compared to the second quarter last year. ...

Office Depot Numbers Take Dip

Second-quarter sales for Office Depot decreased 1%, to $3.6 billion for the three months ended June 28. The company reported a net loss of $2 million, compared to net income of $106 million for the same period last year. ...