http://www.fcbco-blog.com Industry Leading Operations & Fulfillment Consultants Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:41:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a recent NRF SmartBrief, daily newsletter, it reported that “Retailers cautiously optimistic as sales beat expectations”… "It's safe to say the worst is over for most retailers. And particularly for those outside the home goods area, the tide is turning," said economist Frank Badillo. "We're seeing consumers continuing to ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/is-the-economy-recovering-happening-for-your-business/ We recently have been working with a few warehouse clients that are involved in moving to a new warehouse facility. Along the way, it became apparent that the planning for the move required a lot more time and effort than originally thought. What seems like a simple concept can become ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/planning-a-warehouse-move-issues-and-questions-to-resolve/ Senate Bill 660, introduced by Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr. (Augusta County), was officially defeated yesterday by the Virginia House of Delegates Finance Committee. Senate Bill 660 would have created a new nexus standard to require certain Internet retailers to collect Virginia sales tax from its ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/update-virginia-house-kills-amazon-law/ In our continuing series of highlighting the positive aspects of 2009, I had a recent conversation with Chris Sarne, Regional Vice President of Sales for Micros-RETAIL and he shared the following insights to their successes in 2009. Chris had the following insights regarding Micros-RETAIL for this past holiday season.  Many of ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/micros-retail-in-2009/ In our continuing series of highlighting the positive aspects of 2009 I had a recent conversation with Brian Johnson, Vice President and General Manager for Escalate Retail and he shared the following insights to their successes in 2009. With Escalate Retail’s release of Ecometry Commerce Suite version 10.0.4 last December, customers ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/escalate-retails-2009-highlights/ When we are asked to perform a warehouse operations assessment for a client, the first thing I like to do is take a quick walk around the warehouse. It may surprise you, but it is usually possible to determine what we will see during the detailed assessment in the first ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/warehouse-first-impressions-tell-a-lot-during-assessments/ I recently took a step back and tried to determine what type of company would use our warehouse consulting services.  We try to help businesses with their warehousing needs by providing a variety of consulting services. Our goal is to help businesses cope with these challenging economic times by making ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/diverse-targets-for-warehouse-cost-reduction/ As there has been so much negativity in the press about the economy and business failures in 2009, F. Curtis Barry & Company would like to focus on some of the positive aspects of last year.  This is the first in a series of blogs that will highlight clients and ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/natural-solutions-2009-summary/ Coming out of 2009 there seems to be some positive momentum from this past holiday season with a 2.9% increase over 2008; some of our clients experienced results above their 2009 plan. Because of the tough economic times over the last couple of years; most companies have not invested heavily ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/does-your-order-management-system-need-to-be-replaced/ Over the past few months, we have noticed a new trend occurring in the type of clients contacting us about our warehousing and fulfillment consulting services. We typically consult to Business to Consumer (catalog, Retail, E-Commerce), or Business to Business companies. More recently, in addition to completing a fulfillment assignment ... http://www.fcbco-blog.com/healthcare-projects-on-the-rise/