F. Curtis Barry & Company’s Multichannel Operations & Fulfillment Blog

The Wall Street Journal (April 21, 2008, B1) detailed a strategy by Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren to localize store assortments to cater to what shoppers are more interested in buying. This localization—called “My Macy’s”—will for now will be only 15% of the total SKUs, which range from 1.5 million to 4 million, depending on store […]

The F. Curtis Barry & Company and Catalog Success’ co-branded two-day interactive systems workshop, “Evaluating, Selecting and Implementing Direct Commerce Systems” has added a new twist to the registration for this workshop.
The first 20 registrants for the systems workshop will receive a discount of $100 off the registration fee of $795. The spots are filling […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Richmond, VA, & Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 2008 — F. Curtis Barry & Company, a leading consultancy to multichannel businesses, in partnership with Catalog Success, the leading publication serving the catalog/multichannel business, today jointly announced a co-branded two-day interactive workshop, “Evaluating, Selecting and Implementing Direct Commerce Systems.”
“The software marketplace for today’s multichannel direct […]

We all know that e-commerce has had big percentage growth for the past three years. In fact, e-commerce grew 20% overall last year, even though that’s largely a transfer of sales from catalog. Many of our clients now have more than 50% of their total direct sales coming through e-commerce.
E-commerce has just received another kudo. […]

In the feature article, “To Build, Buy or Outsource”, written by Mary Wagner for Internet Retailer Magazine; F. Curtis Barry & Company’s Tocky Lawrence was quoted. The following is that section of the article:
The basics
The e-commerce platform is the technology infrastructure on which an online retail site operates. It supports all the basic functions needed […]

To Build, Buy or Outsource - That is the Question written by Mary Wagner
[A portion of the full article]
The Basics
The e-commerce platform is the technology infrastructure on which an online retail site operates. It supports all the basic functions needed to make a site run.
“E-commerce solutions have evolved to include core functionality for […]

Trunk shows cover a lot of territory these days, thanks to the Internet. A variety of artists and artisans, resellers, and even retailers, have been hosting online, or virtual, trunk shows for the last few years. At one end of the spectrum, this kind of show can represent a sort of Tupperware party held in […]

After less than a week out of commission, the online sales element of the Menomenee Falls, WI-based Kohl’s Web site (www.kohls.com) is functioning again in a new, upgraded format. The site now allows customers to access thousands of items that were previously sold exclusively through Kohl’s retail stores, and the company plans to make its […]

Retail technology provider Datavantage/CommercialWare, a subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc., will integrate solutions from e-commerce solutions provider eOne Group into the renamed MICROS Retail later this year.
Datavantage/CommercialWare has just acquired a 51% interest in eOne Group, which will allow MICROS Retail to offer extensive e-commerce applications to its users in addition to the currently available […]

OrderMotion continues its webinar series focused on preparing merchants for the busy holiday retail season and how to significantly grow their business
Boston, Massachusetts—August 16, 2007 — OrderMotion, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand, direct commerce solutions for small-to-medium-sized merchants announced the continuation of its popular “how-to” Webinar series that is helping merchants […]