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MCM Award Winners Announced
It’s been many long months of waiting, but the winners of the 23nd Annual Multichannel Merchant Awards were finally announced during a special luncheon at the ACCM show yesterday....
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Live From ACCM: Trading With a Conscience
By: By Jim Tierney
When Fair Indigo launched 18 months ago, it incorporated all three channels – catalog, Website, and retail – into the business model, according to CEO/cofounder Bill Bass....
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Live From ACCM: Power Forum Ponders the Multichannel Mystique
By: By Patrick Barnard
Orlando, FL--Multichannel merchants face a number of challenges these days -- a slowing economy, rising shipping and mailing costs, and the increasing complexity of creating synergies between catalog, Web and store, to name a few.
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Live from ACCM: Marketers Spill Merchandising Secrets
By: By Jim Tierney
Orlando, FL – The secrets to merchandising your Website to sell more are actually pretty basic, according to Margaret Moraskie, vice president of e-commerce for women’s apparel marketer cataloger/retailer Boston Proper....
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Live from ACCM: Get Your Catalog Covered
By: By Tim Parry
Orlando, FL--Just how important is the cover art to the success of a catalog drop? It could very well determine if a customer even opens it....
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Live from ACCM: Kick Up Your Site's Performance
By: By Jim Tierney
Orlando, FL – Want to boost your online sales? In his session, “A Better Understanding of Your Web Traffic = Increased Sales,” Greg Foglesong stressed four takeaway points for optimum online profitability....
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Penney’s Profit Sinks 50%
First-quarter financial results for J.C. Penney Co. were a solid sign of these trying economic times. For the period ended May 3, J.C. Penney's net sales fell 5.1%, to $4.12 billion, from $4.35 billion a year ago....
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No More Bloomingdale's By Mail
By: By Tim Parry
Thirty years after it launched the book to target affluent customers nationwide, Bloomingdale's is discontinuing its Bloomingdale’s By Mail catalog.
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Yankee Candle Closes Illuminations Headquarters
By: By Jim Tierney
Less than two years after Yankee Candle Co. acquired Illuminations in a $22 million cash deal, company officials have closed the Illuminations’ headquarters in Petaluma, CA....
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Soft Surroundings to Open Two New Stores
By: By Patrick Barnard
Apparel, home décor and beauty merchant Soft Surroundings is planning to open two new stores in suburban Chicago by the end of this year....
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Third Quarter Net Loss for Harry & David
Third quarter net sales at Harry & David Holdings dipped 5%, to $68.3 million for the 13 weeks ended March 29. Last year’s third quarter sales were $73.3 million. ...
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Godiva Goes Mobile
By: By Tim Parry
Godiva Chocolatier has a new flavor: Blackberry. The multichannel food and gift merchant has added a mobile channel to enable BlackBerry smartphone users to make purchases on the go....
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April Sales Roundup
For April sales, our lineup of multichannel merchants shrank because Sharper Image Corp. and Jos. A. Bank Clothiers don’t report monthly sales anymore, while J.C. Penney Co. no longer reports its direct sales for the month....
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Bare Necessities Launches Catalog
By: By Tim Parry
Online intimate apparel merchant Bare Necessities has launched its first-ever print catalog, with an at-home date of May 14....
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