Items tagged with 'catalogue'
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Catalogue & eBusiness becomes "Catalogue eBusiness"
Esteemed and long-established newsletter to the catalogue and direct-selling retailers of the UK is to relaunch at the upcoming ECMOD conference. They're 'dropping the ampersand' to become simply "Catalogue eBusiness", reflecting two truths that we at IRTowers believe: that catalogue retailing is essentially etailing (but before the internet) and that etailing is critical to the future of the sector. "Catalog-boz.com" is their new URL. -
Paper is dead! Long live paper!
It's not often that consumer surveys come up with truly surprising results. But the Royal Mail's Home Shopping Tracker Study 2008 has done just that. Catalogues, it seems, do drive higher sales online. And those hard-to-reach digital natives? Well, they use them more than anyone...
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Argos, 'pioneer of multi-channel shopping', turns 35
Argos is celebrating its 35th birthday this week and, as well as releasing some pretty impressive online sales statistics, is describing itself as the 'pioneer of multi-channel shopping' and 'the number one high street retailer on the internet'. Well, maybe it is...
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Three million Asda Direct catalogues are now at the printers
As Asda begins to ramp up for the launch of Asda Direct next month, more details of the size and scope of the new venture are coming to light...
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Tesco goes multi-channel with Direct challenge to Argos
Tesco is continuing to pile the pressure on its competition. Tesco Direct catalogue checking self-service terminals are to be installed in all Tesco's new non-food Homeplus stores. And the rumours suggest there are plans to add Argos-style shop-in-shops to its grocery stores as well...
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Woolworths axes Big Red Book, Asda delays catalogue launch
Woolies is shutting down its loss-making Big Red Book operation and Asda has put back the launch of its Asda Direct operation until the run-up to Christmas — just as the latest research shows that printed catalogues really do boost sales
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