If you don’t mail catalogs, apologies for off-topic post. If you do mail catalogs: Is CatalogChoice on your radar? I think they’re going to be a very big deal this year. If interested, please check out this post: If Prospecting Was Illegal, Would Your Catalog Survive? . Comments welcome! //

Fellow Shop.org retailers and associate members,  I am writing because it has just come to my attention that there is some confusion surrounding my Paying for Performance conference call. Let me clarify the situation by stating several facts:    1)      Neither Vintage Tub nor I get any direct or indirect compensation for this call. I [...]

There are so many blogs out there, you need to differentiate yours from the others. You need an angle or a “hook” to stand out and attract a loyal subscriber base. One blog that has such a hook is Design Talk, a blog of helpful home decorating advice and tips do-it-yourself interior decorators, owned by [...]

Shop.org held its first international dinners last week in London and Paris.  As part of Shop.org’s vision to be the world’s leading membership community for digital retail, the dinners provided an opportunity for British and French retailers to share online and multichannel best practices with US retailers. Representatives from JC Penney and Timberland attended the [...]

A new breed of American worker is challenging everything the old guard holds sacred: from giving orders, to dress codes. They are called “millennials.” Join a panel of experts as they candidly discuss this hot-button issue. Who are these people, really, and is what we hear in the media really true? To what degree and to what degree is this being over-sensationalized? What ARE the expectations of the people entering our workforce and are they out of line with those who are in need of hiring them?