Archive for April, 2007
Without a Safety (Inter)Net
The recent TJX security breach affecting 46.5 million customers (see our earlier post on the TJX Secuirty breach) has helped make it clear just how fragile retail security can be. RIS News quotes Greg Buzek, president of IHL Consulting, as saying that “most retailers’ IT systems are integrated today, it is very difficult to lock [...]
Top Trend for Warehousing and Distribution Professionals
F. Curtis Barry & Company ShareGroups always produce interesting insights, and the Warehouse Benchmarking ShareGroup meeting, hosted in Columbus, OH, by Victoria’s Secret Direct (March 12–13), was no exception to that rule. ShareGroup members generate their own “hot topics†for discussion during meetings. Topping this year’s list of the dozen warehousing and distribution topics of [...]
F. Curtis Barry & Company at NCOF
It’s going to be a busy end of the month: This year’s National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment (NCOF) will take place in Schaumburg, IL, at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, from Monday, April 30 to Wednesday, May 2, with an additional day of pre-conference special sessions scheduled for Sunday, April 29. F. Curtis [...]
Credit Card Insecurity, Pt. 2
In the past week, national news media have been reporting more details of the TJX security breach we blogged about several weeks ago. Now TJX says that the breach involved information stolen from—take a deep breath—47.5 million credit and debit cards. That would make this one of the largest payment card security breaches ever. And [...]
Retail Distribution and Replenishment Operations Explored at Upcoming Learning and Networking Forum for Multichannel Retailers
Event includes a tour of LifeWay Christian Stores’ warehouse and a benchmarking metrics discussion
Richmond, VA, April 2, 2007—Multichannel operations and fulfillment consulting firm F. Curtis Barry & Company has announced that its next Benchmarking ShareGroup, focusing on retail replenishment, will take place April 23–24, 2007, in Nashville, TN. To learn more please visit: http://www.fcbco.com/benchmarking/retail-replenishment-sharegroup.asp
The 2007 [...]
Sales Performance for February 2007
Per Mokrynskidirect
The survey results for February report strengthening for General Merchandise mailers. Apparel mailers show an increase in sales vs. last year as compared to last month, but a slight decrease vs. plan.
76% of all mailers surveyed reported February sales equal to or better than last year, and 71% reported sales equal to or better [...]
