Port of entry
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Tim Parry
It's one thing to segment customers by behavior most merchants do. It's another to sort them by origin. But that may be just as important for a multichannel...
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Gupta Resigns as InfoGroup CEO
Aug 25, 2008 1:36 PM, By Tim Parry
Vin Gupta is out as CEO of the InfoGroup list-and-data conglomerate.
Gupta resigned from the position last Wednesday as part of a litigation settlement with shareholders. Gupta, who stepped down as InfoGroup’s chairman last month, still owns...
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Hot Prospects: The Non-Buyers in Your House File
Aug 25, 2008 1:34 PM, By Matt Morton
Are you segmenting your buyer file by original sources like web, retail and phone? It may also make sense to look at some of the non-buyers on your database...
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Print Catalogs Still Rule, Survey Shows
Sep 4, 2008 10:54 AM
If you think the print catalog is a dying channel, you better think again. Of 106 merchants polled by the Direct Marketing Association, 62% consider catalogs their primary sales channel. In contrast, only 20% cited the Web and 6% indicated retail.
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Financial Reports: Delia’s, Staples and Jos A. Bank
Sep 4, 2008 10:17 AM
Second-quarter sales at cataloger/retailer Delia’s increased 10.8%, to $58.1 million for the three months ended Aug. 2. The company's net loss for the quarter was $5.0 million, compared to a net loss of $5.1 million for the same period in 2007....
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August Sales Roundup
Sep 4, 2008 9:59 AM
August was an example of the down economy’s effect on some of the companies tracked by Multichannel Merchant....
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Merchants to Report Credit Card Sales to IRS
Sep 2, 2008 12:39 PM, By Patrick Barnard
If you’re running a small business and are sloppy with administrative processes, get ready to clean up your books. Buried deep in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (also known as “the housing bill”) is an amendment that will require all electronically processed merchant payments to be reported to the IRS.
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Paper Mills Starting to Assess Shipment Charges
Sep 2, 2008 9:33 AM, By Jim Tierney
Due to the weak economy and price of oil, some paper mills have begun assessing shipment charges for the first time, according to Dan Walsh, vice president of catalog/publication papers at distributor Bradner Smith & Co.
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