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<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands and Home Retail Group release financial updates]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Flying Brands, Home Retail Group financial results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands and Home Retail Group release financial updates]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2111]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[11/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--card-not-present fraud down 19 percent, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Figures released by the UK Cards Association (formerly APACS) show that for the first time card-not-present fraud has shown a year-on-year decrease]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2110]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Royal Mail and CWU reach agreement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail and the Communications Workers Union have tentatively agreed a deal to end the pay and modernisation dispute. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2109]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[09/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Cath Kidston, N Brown, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cath Kidston to sell to TA Associates?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2108]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[February Catalogue Log]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The shortest month of the year held no surprises in terms of catalogue volume. What did surprise us was the lack of seasonal offers.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2107]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--job losses at Express Gifts, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sixty-five jobs at risk at Express Gifts]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2106]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[05/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Welcome back, Jigsaw catalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Why Jigsaw decided to mail a catalogue again]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2105]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Royal Mail licenses eBay data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail licenses eBay data]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2104]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[04/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Royal Mail, Pavers, Staples]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail peace deal imminent, Pavers acquires Shoe-shop.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2101]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Combating customer churn]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you're looking to reduce customer churn, consider employing interaction analytics at the contact centre. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2102]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Craig Pumfrey                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Most popular posts January-February 2010 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A list of our most popular blog and article posts from the first two months of 2010]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2103]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--QVC sales up, best UK workplaces, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[QVC sales up,  retailers makes the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2100]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Trutex, dotcom a decade on, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Schoolwear supplier Trutex acquired by turnaround specialist endless, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2084]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The who, when, and how much of cross-border shopping ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are now more European women shopping online than men, according to the latest E-Retail Report by Deutsche Card Services.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2075]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eastern Storage Equipment debuts catalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eastern Storage Equipment, a Norwich-based manufacturer, supplier, and installer of industrial storage and materials-handling equipment, has published its debut catalogue.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2088]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dissecting the Detox]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Days before England kicked off its first match in the rugby union Six Nations championship, Twickenham was the venue for the annual Catalogue Exchange Detox event. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2098]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Matthew Pepper                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five tips for a better b-to-b database]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ensuring that your sales and marketing teams work together to get the most value—and revenue— from your customer database ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2094]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Stuart Wheldon                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with...Emma Howarth of MEandEM]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Launching a business is difficult; renaming and rebranding that business after just a few years is tough as well, as Emma Howarth knows first-hand.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2083]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Movers and shakers--March issue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A roundup of appointments from the March issue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2089]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rave reviews]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five-star advice for maximising on-site customer ratings and reviews]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2096]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Jill Culbertson               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pause before you publish]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Promoting a title aimed for adults in Waterstone’s Guide to Kids’ Books by mistake is unacceptable.]]></description>
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<author><![CDATA[Mark Thorpe                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Online fashion on a global scale]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If there was one retail sector that was less affected by last year’s financial downturn than others, it’s fashion. ]]></description>
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<author><![CDATA[Anna Pearce                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharpening up social skills]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Are you a retailer with a presence on social-networking sites Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube? If the answer is yes, you’re in the minority...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2085]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cotswold Company relaunches]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When multititle mailer Findel announced in April 2009 that it was disposing o the Cotswold Company, it was believed to be the end of the furniture and home furnishings cataloguer.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2086]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thompson & Morgan buys fertiliser brand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Seeds and plants cataloguer Thompson & Morgan acquired plant-food manufacturer Chempak for an undisclosed sum in February.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2087]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keep it clean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The basics of data hygiene]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2091]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Aitken                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Segment and conquer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Six steps to profitable database segmentation]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2093]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Tony Mooney                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twenty practical performance and profit pillars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A score of foundation blocks that you can count on to give you the best possible business performance]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2095]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Don Libey                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advice on a platter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This catering supplies website is missing a key ingredient]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2099]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Allardice                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Euro secret-sales sites establish UK foothold]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[France-based secret-sales website Vente-Privee and Germany-based Brands4friends.de both announced plans to further grow their UK business.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2076]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Office depot reports sales decline]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Boca Raton, FL-based Office Depot reported 2009 sales of $12.1 billion (£10.5 billion), down 16 percent on the previous year.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2078]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight in brief--the Gap, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A roundup of news from the Cross-Atlantic Insight enewsletter]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2079]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the expert--a domain dilemma]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Should we keep one large site for all our customers to use, or split into microsites and do away with the one-stop-shop concept?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2090]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Data-quality best practice]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ABCs of gaining and maintaining top-quality customer data]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2092]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Gurney                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Case in point: Wallace Sacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How reviews positively boosted Wallace Sacks’ bottom line]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2097]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/03/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Adili to delist, the Gap, Hayloft Plants, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Adili to delist, the Gap finally confirms UK ecommerce entry, Hayloft Plants acquires grow-your-own specialist]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2074]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The misery of grocery shopping ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fans of the sitcom Father Ted will be familiar with the Christmas special in which housekeeper Mrs Doyle receives a tea-maker to take the misery out of making tea. “But maybe I like the misery,” she says and proceeds to sabotage the machine.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2080]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Shop Direct, Habitat, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct call centre gets a reprieve, Habitat unveils voluntary redundancy programme]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2073]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--ASA raps No Added Sugar, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ASA reprimands No Added Sugar and Mobility & Lifestyle]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2072]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Then and now: Glasses Direct]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Comparing and contrasting a 2010 Glasses Direct catalogue with one mailed in 2008.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2071]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--J Crew partners with Net-a-Porter, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[J Crew partners with Net-a-Porter to enter the UK market, Channel 21 aquired by Centuere]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2070]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--HearingDirect.com, Past Times, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jamie Murray Wells launches HearingDirect.com, Past Times records pretax loss, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2069]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--PPR, Secretsales.com]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[PPR, Secretsales.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2068]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Ironmongery Direct, Kingfisher, Halfords, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ironmongery Direct, Kingfisher and Vente-Privee financials, Reader's Digest collapses]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2067]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Thorntons, My-Wardrobe, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thorntons profits up, interview with My-Wardrobe founder Sarah Curran, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2066]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Body Shop financials, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Body Shop financials, RM wins exclusive contract, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2065]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Lush chief buys Mambo, New Look shelves IPO plans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lush chief executive buys Mambo from Blacks, New Look postpones flotation]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2059]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reader’s Digest outlook uncertain ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The future of Reader’s Digest UK  is in jeopardy after the UK pension regulator blocked a deal to reduce its pension deficit.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2064]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hut takes Zavvi to Europe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home-entertainment etailer the Hut Group is gearing up to launch a multilingual and multicurrency website for its Zavvi.com brand this year.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2060]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brits biggest spenders in Europe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Brits are Europe’s most prolific online spenders, according to a new study from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR), commissioned by comparison website Kelkoo]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2061]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bertelsmann exits Italian joint-venture ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany-based media conglomerate Bertelsmann, which wound down its UK and Dutch bookclub businesses last year, has pulled out of the Italian bookclub market.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2062]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yoox posts growth ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Italy-based fashion etailer Yoox posted a 50 percent rise in sales for fiscal 2009 to €152.2 million (£133.6 million)]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2063]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Minimising email fail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tips on improving deliverability rates]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2057]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--CNP Professional, Ideal Shopping, Toast, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CNP Professional, Ideal Shopping, Toast, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2051]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart Turnout develops its Britishness overseas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We’ve written about the Stateside successes of Boden, Long Tally Sally, and Hotel Chocolat at some length, but in the background, quietly with little fanfare, are a myriad other businesses building up a loyal US following.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2056]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Valentine’s email we heart: Graham and Green]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This year I have felt more than a little underwhelmed by the Valentine’s Day marketing emails I’ve received. My inbox has been heaving with lovey-dovey offers, but nothing’s grabbed me--apart from this email from Graham & Green]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2058]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International M&A: 2009 in review]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last year was marked by a record number of companies being acquired out of bankruptcy proceedings or just before they were about to fall into administration.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2055]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[D Budde and P Freytag         ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Findel Education, Cycle Xpress, more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel Education considers a move into the consumer market, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2050]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Halfords mulls Hobbycraft bid, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Halford to buy Hobbycraft? Bertelsmann exits Italian bookclubs]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2049]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--January sales, People Tree, Yoox, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[January sales, People Tree gears up for growth, Yoox financials, Mothercare joins forces with Boots]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2048]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Figleaves and Ocado prepare to float, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ocado and Figleaves prepare to float, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2046]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Careless emails cost customers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When email goes wrong, it can have a big impact on the sender. Not least in lost sales, but also brand damage.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2047]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The January Catalogue Log]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After receiving just 62 catalogues in December, it was somewhat of a relief that volume heralding the new year was back to a more respectable 131 catalogues.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2045]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Adili suspends shares, the Hut to grow overseas, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Adili suspends shares, the Hut to grow overseas, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2044]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Thompson & Morgan buys Chempak]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thompson & Morgan acquires plant-food business]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2042]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Birthday blues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was my birthday last week. People had warned me that it wouldn’t live up to the hype and they were right.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2043]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asda axes big-book catalogue ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Barely a year after it launched its big-book nonfood catalogue, supermarket Asda has shelved large-scale catalogue production plans.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2025]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Retail’s new realities ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last year will surely go down as the year that retail was turned on its head, with established retailers disappearing from the high street and pure-play online stores attracting more customers than ever.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2040]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[ Guy Weston                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Demon Tweeks moves into cycles, M and M tests phones]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the catalogue equivalent of teaching an old dog new tricks, Demon Tweeks and M and M Direct have branched out into new product categories.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2026]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Movers and shakers--February 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New appointments in the cross-channel commerce sector]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2027]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two businesses bought out, another one closes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wesley Owen and Books etc bought out, Frock shuts down]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2023]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hunting lost opportunities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The website for fashion retailer &#8232;Oliver Brown could benefit from &#8232;a sharper focus on its niche]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2036]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Stephen Pratley               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grab ’em and shake ’em]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shorter attention spans make attention-grabbing headlines all the more important]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2037]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Herschell Gordon Lewis        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with...Sushil Raniga of Bees]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A family business, jewellery retailer Bees started out catering to a traditional Asian customer base.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2038]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Buoyant Christmas ends 2009 on an unexpected high]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There’s no denying that 2009 was tough. But for UK retailers, the year ended more cheerfully than it began. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2021]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's Note--February 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here it is: my final edit letter for Catalogue e-business.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2035]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Lewis does it again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you’re not the parent of a six-year-old girl, you may not be aware that this year’s must-have toy was the Go Go Hamster.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2039]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Will Dymott                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--New Look IPO, Reader's Digest, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Look confirms plans to float, Readers' Digest UK future uncertain]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2031]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering expectations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten predictions for online retail delivery in the months ahead]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2033]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sarah Clelland                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[See for yourself]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[People talk about creative best practice, but nothing gets the message across as actual examples.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2032]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT-freeze promos largely lukewarm]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A look at the promotions surrounding the VAT rise]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2022]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ideal acquires GardenBargains]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TV-shopping business Ideal Shopping Direct is to buy plants and garden-equipment retailer Lead the Good Life (LTGL) for £5 million.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2024]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Payment processing services]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A roundup of your available options]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2034]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Creative that works]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The purpose of a catalogue is to sell product. Here’s how to ensure that your imagery, copy, and layouts do the job]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2028]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Paul Crabtree                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boden sizes for the States]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[British apparel retailer/cataloguer Boden has begun sizing womenswear on its US website in American sizes. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2014]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[M and M to launch German-language site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Discount fashion cataloguer M and M Direct has confirmed plans to launch a German-language website]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2017]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Oka focuses on expansion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Decor cataloguer Oka Direct has reorganised its management structure, promoting finance director Tracey Alston to managing director]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2018]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rationalisation at Lands’ End]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Focused on streamlining the business, Dodgeville, Wisconsin-based apparel cataloguer Lands’ End is in consultation with employees regarding a proposal to adopt a global brand management structure]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2016]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asos plans US debut, J Crew tipped for UK entry]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asos to launch in the US, J Crew to open up in the UK]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2015]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Brits big spenders, Amazon financials]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Reports finds Brits are biggest spenders online]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2020]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mamas & Papas secures funding for international growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mamas & Papas has received additional bank funds to support continued expansion ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2019]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obituary Neil Davidson]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Neil Davidson passed away on 2nd January following a long battle with cancer]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2041]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Case in point:  Morleys of Bicester]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In-house photography and design distinguish the school-furniture supplier from other b-to-b merchants]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2029]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Case in point: White Stuff]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What do a missing Christmas turkey and The Sound of Music have to do with selling apparel? Plenty, according to one cataloguer/retailer]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2030]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Shop Direct redundancies, Ironmongery Centre debuts catalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[News roundup—Shop Direct redundancies, Ironmongery Centre debuts catalogue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2013]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Findel financials, January retail sales ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[News roundup—Findel financials, January retail sales
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2012]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Pets at Home sold, more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[News roundup—Pets at Home sold, more
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2011]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—the end of the recession, more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[News roundup—the end of the recession, more
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2009]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Compare and contrast: Damart ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Comparing Damart’s UK and US ecommerce sites]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2010]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Argos, Firebox, Prezzybox, and more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[News roundup—Argos, Firebox, Prezzybox, and more
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2008]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—New Fat Face chief, plus Aurum, EthicalSuperstore, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Fat Face chief, plus Aurum, EthicalSuperstore, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2007]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--The Hut, eBay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Hut mulls float, eBay fourth-quarter revenues]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2006]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--J Crew, Laithwaites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[J Crew to open up in UK, Laithwaites relaunches website]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2005]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Adili interim financials, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Adili interim financials, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2003]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Idea to steal: outfit builders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Outfit builders are usually the preserve of fashion cataloguers. But I like this take from bicycles and accessories merchant Evans Cycles.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2004]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—M and M Direct, Asos, White Company, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[M and M Direct, Asos, and White Company report interim financials, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2002]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Thorntons, Pets at Home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Trading statements from Thorntons, Pets at Home]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2001]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Argos, DSGi, Mothercare, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas trading results from Argos, DSGi, Mothercare, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=2000]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--N Brown, Flying Brands, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown Group and Flying Brands release Christmas trading figures]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1999]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Huh of the day: Inaccurate reflection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today I received a catalogue selling a range of upscale mirrors and frames with a price list from 2008]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1997]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Handpicked Collection, Tesco, Ideal Shopping, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Handpicked Collection, Tesco, and Ideal Shopping release Christmas trading updates]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1998]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hush quietly debuts customer magazine]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Loungewear cataloguer Hush knows the meaning of “soft sell”. Not only is its merchandise made from cashmere, angora, and cotton flannel, but its communication with customers is gentle as well. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1992]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Save the Children scales back to boost sales]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Save the Children has significantly scaled back its most recent Christmas catalogue, as the previous year’s edition failed to make money for the organisation.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1993]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Timscris launches own-label catalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Timscris Holdings, which works with newspapers to create reader-offer catalogues, has launched an own-brand title, LifeStylesatHome.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1995]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TP Toys acquires Muddy Puddles ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TP Toys, a Worcestershire-based manufacturer/marketer of trampolines and other outdoor toys, acquired Muddy Puddles, a cataloguer of outerwear for children.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1996]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mail sale aims to pump up the volume]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Direct marketers are well aware of the power of a sales promotion to boost business. Now Royal Mail is hoping to benefit from the tactic, by launching what it describes as its first-ever direct mail sale. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1991]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mascus localises its English-language sites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mascus launched localised websites for the UK, US, Australian, Canadian, Irish, New Zealand, and South African markets]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1984]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight in brief--12 January ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[News in brief from the Cross-Atlantic Insight enewsletter]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1985]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Movers and shakers--January 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A roundup of recent appointments]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1994]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—House of Fraser, Pets at Home, more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[House of Fraser Christmas trading, Pets at Home receives offers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1990]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's Note--January 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sharing predictions for the year ahead]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1987]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Editor's notes]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... David Gilbert of CultureLabel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Launched in July 2009, CultureLabel is an online shopping portal, but instead of presenting its customers with the latest bargains, it features products from cultural organisations such as the British Museum and the Tate.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1989]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Asda kills catalogue, Christmas boosts Cotton Traders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asda suspends catalogue production, Cotton Traders enjoys Christmas sales boost]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1977]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Talking about your brand reputation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Social media have made reputation management a critical business function. Here’s how to manage yours]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1979]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Gurd                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Not hot on cold-related promos]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marketers are opportunistic by nature. So it’s surprising to see that relatively few are using the record cold temperatures and snowfall to anchor promotional emails. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1983]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Hardly child’s play]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite its distinctive product range, toys mailer Mulberry Bush has a tough time promoting its strengths]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1988]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nigel Cammegh                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Catalogue reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[How well managed is your warehouse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An operations expert explains how to measure the effectiveness of your operations and determine where improvements are needed]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1981]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tracking the trends]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A take on Royal Mail's home shopping trends report]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1986]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Wayne Parrott                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Compare and contrast: Learning Resources]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to ecommerce, the UK Learning Resources website appears to suffer from a steeper learning curve than the US one.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1976]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking the pulse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The KPIs you must monitor to keep your business hale and hearty]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1978]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Robert Colquhoun              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angels and lifesavers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advice for small and midsize businesses seeking to raise finance]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1980]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Murray Kenneth                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Small-business spotlight]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Making contact]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Resolve to bring your cross-channel contact strategy into the 21st century]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1982]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[John Lenser                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Borders, Hut Group, Amazon, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Borders sister brand revived online, Hut Group has good Christmas, Amazon extends free P&P offer, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1975]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--HDN buys DHL UK unit, plus M&S financials]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home Delivery Network buys DHL UK unit, plus M&S financials and online shopping stats]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1974]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--better-than-expected Christmas for Next, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Next, John Lewis and Shop Direct release Christmas trading figures]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1972]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[December Catalogue Log]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Each year we read that consumers are waiting later and later to complete their Christmas shopping. But marketers are apparently not waiting 'til the last minute to send their catalogues.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1971]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Most popular posts--December 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The top ten most popular Catablogue e-business posts of December 2009]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1970]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Ocado holiday sales, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ocado holiday sales, Laura Ashley, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1969]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/01/2010]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Ideal buys GardenBargains, Plastic Parts unveils new name, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ideal Shopping Direct buys Lead the Good Life, Plastic Parts Centre becomes Moss Express, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1968]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Pets at Home, Wesley Owen, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Final round of bidding commences for Pets at Home, Wesley Owen trading name, website, and some stores acquired by Australian firm]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1966]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Click your support]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Taking the e-card concept a step further for charity]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1967]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—John Lewis, Christmas discounts, and more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[John Lewis, pre-Christmas discounting and November sales figures]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1964]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[All the Rage this Christmas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The real winner of this year’s fight for the number-one Christmas single is neither Rage Against the Machine nor Joe McElderry; it’s social media.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1965]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--The Entertainer, retail growth predictions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Entertainer, retail growth predictions]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1963]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Smythson sold, plus Hotel Chocolat, Barker and Stonehouse, Lego ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Smythson, Hotel Chocolat, Barker and Stonehouse, and Lego ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1953]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What's in a tweet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When talking about Twitter, the word “engagement” comes up time and again. But just how many merchants are really using Twitter to facilitate two-way conversation with consumers?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1962]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Crystal-ball gazing: marketing trends for 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Alterian's predictions for what will be the top 10 marketing trends for 2010]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1945]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping up with the search evolution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It''s not all about Google]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1944]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nigel Muir                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Laura Ashley, La Redoute, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Laura Ashley, La Redoute, posh chic, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1946]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Silly propping]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you sold key rings would you photograph them hanging on an exterior wall?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1933]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Habitat sold, Christmas spending, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Habitat sold to Hilco, Christmas spending stats, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1932]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Spicers, Interflora, John Lewis, more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Spicers financials, Interflora signs up with Tesco, John Lewis, more ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1924]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gifts I don't get]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A few of the items I spotted in Christmas catalogues recently had me shaking my head and wondering who the hell would buy them—and who the hell would they be intended for?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1928]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[What we learned from one day’s worth of pre-Christmas emails]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Homing in on the emails we received on 9th December]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1923]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—PBR review, N Brown, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pre-Budget report, N Brown]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1922]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Asos, JoJo Maman Bebe, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asos, JoJo Maman Bebe, Toast, The White Company]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1921]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Six common email marketing mistakes--and how to fix them]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes all you need to do to improve your email response and conversion rates is rectify one or two common errors]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1920]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The key components of an effective ecommerce site: 2010 version]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While an ecommerce site without aesthetics is not compelling, a site that is not functionally effective and easy to use will cost you sales]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1919]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Terry Hunter                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—November sales results, Google upgrades, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[November sales results, Google upgrades, Timscris launches own-brand catalogue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1914]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best of Insight 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The following articles were most popular with Insight enewsletter subscribers and visitors to our website this year]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1916]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Best of Cross-Atlantic Insight 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The most popular Cross-Atlantic Insight articles with newsletter subscribers and website visitors]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1918]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[2009 in review]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A look back at the industry headlines for 2009 reveals that the year was not one of unmitigated gloom.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1915]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best of the blog 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 10 most popular Catablogue e-business posts of 2009]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1917]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/12/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Mouser launches German-language catalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last year Mouser Electronics showed its commitment to the European market by opening a customer service centre in Munich and mailing a version of its catalogue with a German-language outer supplement. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1909]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sears, JD Sports, David’s Bridal ship overseas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Several more multichannel sellers have started to deliver goods beyond their borders.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1910]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight in brief--8th December]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Billabong, Swell, Borderlinx]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1911]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Kitbag, Amazon, M&S, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kitbag, Amazon, M&S and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1912]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Blogs, break-ups, and dead sharks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s over. I have broken up with one of my favourite blogs.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1913]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—New Look, Habitat, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Look, Habitat, Amazon, ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1903]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Most popular posts--November 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Our most popular blog posts in November]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1904]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Findel and Screwfix financials, plus Mouser, Ikea, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, Screwfix, Mouser, Ikea, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1900]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's a magical world, Hobbes...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For every avid fan of Twitter and Facebook, there seems to be an equally vociferous social-media sceptic. This little case study should give the doubters reason to reconsider.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1899]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[November Catalogue Log]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas came early for our posties, in the form of far fewer catalogues to deliver in November than the previous two months.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1883]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--first Cyber Monday reports, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JoJo Maman Bebe, John Lewis, Amazon,]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1882]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers: Christmas 2009 edition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A roundup of figures to sate your yuletide yen for statistics]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1884]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/12/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--new Findel CEO, plus Mamas & Papas, Tesco, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, Mamas & Papas, Tesco,]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1880]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why catalogues are like Marmite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You either love 'em or hate 'em]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1881]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Borders, Otto and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Borders falls into administration, Otto looks to divest white-goods brand]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1872]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[XX marks the spot]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More attention to detail is required at this cataloguer]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1873]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—DSGi does better than expected, Borders on the brink]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[DSGi,  Borders]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1869]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Redcats redundancies, plus French Connection, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Redcats, French Connection, Coopers of Stortford]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1868]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prepare for online age-verification legislation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Online Purchasing of Goods and Services Bill is going through the second reading process in the House of Commons. If made law, the cost and legal implications for online retailers is significant.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1867]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Joshy Thomas and Daniel Byrne ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten warning signs of a failing business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To help you get a better grasp of what is going on in your business consider the following]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1866]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--PPR sell-off, Direct Golf growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[PPR, Direct Golf]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1864]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vive la difference]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Why it's important to watch how someone else shops online]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1865]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mothercare to test international websites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Buoyed by the success of its international retail sales and its UK direct division, Mothercare will be trialling international websites early next year.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1857]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Cath Kidston, Woolies, Borders, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cath Kidston, Woolworths, Borders]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1863]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic news in brief--Charles Tyrwhitt, Net-a-porter.com ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[International news from Charles Tyrwhitt, Net-a-Porter, Halfords and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1859]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[La Tienda does go home again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In what may seem like a case of shipping coals to Newcastle, La Tienda, a Williamsburg, VA-based marketer of imported Spanish foods, has launched a European website.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1858]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The big book isn't dead yet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Why do the Brits still favour comprehensive print catalogues while the Yanks apparently don’t? A few thoughts:]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1851]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Wesley Owen for sale, plus M&S and more  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wesley Owen for sale, plus M&S and more  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1849]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Huh of the day--Hyperdrug]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since an email really made me think “Huh?”.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1835]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--Mothercare, Book Club Associates, Book Depository, more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mothercare, Book Club Associates, Book Depository, Asos ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1831]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Compare and contrast: L`Occitane]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[L’Occitane does an admirable job of maintaining brand consistency across borders]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1830]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven tactics to enhance your marketing email efforts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Social networking, SMS, and customer reviews aren’t in and of themselves new concepts. But using them in conjunction with email is, if not new, underused]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1823]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adapt to survive--three key elements]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The changes needed to adapt and compete in today’s market may seem daunting. You can address them more easily, however, by asking three key questions]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1824]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nik Davis                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—a Royal Mail fan, the Good Gifts Catalogue, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Asos.com, Good Gifts Catalogue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1825]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Asos and Majestic Wines financials, plus Royal Mail, Woolies, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asos, Majestic Wines, Royal Mail, Woolworths]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1818]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Striking while the iron's cold]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When the Communication Workers Union announced last week that it would not strike against Royal Mail for the remainder of the year, there was much rejoicing among businesses and consumers alike.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1808]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Save the Children, Charles Tyrwhitt, PetMeds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Save the Children has significantly scaled back its Christmas catalogue this year, as last year’s edition failed to make money for the organisation]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1806]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Argos launches comparison site, Jo Malone hits the small screen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos has launched Argos Compare, a price-comparison website for financial products.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1796]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Before you get social, get your product data in shape]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses are wising up to the benefits of establishing Facebook groups, posting video content on YouTube, and courting bloggers. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1788]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Charlie Lawhorn               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Comfort and joy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two diverse organisations, John Lewis and Oxfam, are using online video in a similar way: to encourage us to spend some of our Christmas budget at their websites.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1795]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Affinity and beyond]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When online leviathan Amazon launched the Amazon.co.uk MasterCard last month, it became the latest in a list of retailers offering cobranded affinity credit cards. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1770]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Newly acquired Koodos &#8232;to move upmarket]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[StockShifters.com parent company e-trader Group, a specialist in the clearance and overstock market, has bought discount fashion etailer Koodos for an undisclosed sum.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1771]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Designer boutiques inspire catalogue design ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Presenting products in situ is a tried-and-tested catalogue creative technique. The BTC by Design catalogue, from the Bishop Trading Company, takes this concept a step further:]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1772]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brady buys Welco]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Welco, a catalogue of industrial and commercial storage and handling equipment, was bought by Brady Corp,]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1773]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Movers and shakers--November, December]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A roundup of appointments news from issue 175]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1774]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Special Focus--Delivery options]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The clashes between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have forced direct marketers to reevaluate their options for getting parcels into the hands of customers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1775]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—TP Toys buys Muddy Puddles, Cdiscount falls into administration, more ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TP Toys, a manufacturer/marketer of trampolines and other outdoor toys, acquired Muddy Puddles]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1766]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carrying on amid the postal strike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While just about everyone in the country was affected to some degree by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) strikes against Royal Mail, direct marketers were hurt on several fronts.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1769]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger and Miri Thomas ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forecasting the future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business intelligence software and predictive analytics are more effective than a crystal ball when it comes to demand forecasting]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1777]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Dr Rado Kotorov               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Build confidence, not inventory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Integrating your ordering processes with your vendors’ supply chains can improve your stock levels and your customer service]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1778]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Anthony Payne                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Being okay is not okay. You must be remarkable]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the first Christmas where I am not up to my neck in last-minute peak planning and hands-on trading.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1779]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Alison Lancaster              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--November 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This isn’t the first editor’s letter I wrote for this issue. I’d originally penned and proofread a missive decrying the government’s failure to interfere in the Communication Workers Union’s strikes against Royal Mail.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1780]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A few missing pieces]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The website for tech specialist Jigsaw Systems has some gaps to fill before it reaches its potential]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1782]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Adams                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Function Junction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The direct commerce suite from Junction Solutions covers all channels &#8232;and all bases]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1783]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ernie Schell                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... Nick Gibbens of Wickedelic Lingerie]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For many men, working at a direct seller of racy lingerie would be a titillating task. And in fact, Nick Gibbens, who joined Wickedelic Lingerie as online marketing manager in February, does describe his job as “exciting”—but not necessarily for the reasons you think.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1784]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't go postal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For catalogue marketers and other mail order professionals, “going postal” is the phrase of the moment. Why? The £9 billion industry is taking a big hit.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1787]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Robert Elding                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Peak performance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How to prepare your distribution centre for sharp peak periods and unexpected growth]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1776]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Simon Tomlinson               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The October Catalogue Log]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[St Nick lugging a bag brimming with toys has become a near-universal symbol of Christmas. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1781]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five easy pieces]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Or... free and easy, but not so easy]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1786]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Herschell Gordon Lewis        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Learning from the downturn]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One man’s pick of emerging ecommerce trends for 2010]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1785]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steve Davis                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nordstrom goes global online]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Seattle-based department store retailer Nordstrom has globalised its website.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1751]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Buy.com says hello, Europe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[General merchandise etailer Buy.com is sometimes seen as a competitor to Amazon.com in the US.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1750]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—Aurum, Next, Play.com, and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Aurum Holdings, the parent company of jewellery merchants Mappin & Webb, Watches of Switzerland, and Goldsmiths, is preparing to convert a portion of its debt into equity]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1756]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Otto buys Quelle Russia, other Quelle brands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hamburg, Germany-based Otto Group is adding to its Russian holdings with its acquisition of Quelle Russia from insolvent German cataloguer/retailer Arcandor. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1752]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Systems advice for international expansion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When exploring their international options, many businesses focus on marketing and merchandising to the exclusion of issues involving operational systems.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1754]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/11/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[EU still falls short on cross-border ecommerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the many motives for the founding of the European Union was to simplify cross-border commerce among member countries. As regards to ecommerce, however, the benefits have yet to be seen.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1753]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight in brief--10.11.09]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Quad/Graphics, a Sussex, WI-based printer, has taken a minority shareholding in digital publications specialist Yudu. The deal will enable Clitheroe, Lancs-based Yudu to expand into the US market. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1755]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—postal strikes cancelled, Otto buys Quelle Russia, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Communication Workers Union has agreed not to conduct any more Royal Mail strikes until at least the end of the year, in what The Telegraph terms “an 11th-hour ceasefire”.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1749]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Call for an intervention]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The big brouhaha here in Ilfracombe is that government health-and-safety regulations are once again making it impossible for the town to have a real bonfire on Bonfire Night. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1748]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/11/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--retail role models, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The White Company’s Chrissie Rucker, Net-a-Porter’s Natalie Massenet, and Laura Tenison of JoJo Maman Bébé, are picked out by the Financial Times as role models for a new generation of “lipstick entrepreneurs”. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1732]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--M&S, Next, White Stuff financials]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Half-year financial results for Marks & Spencer and White Stuff, and a better-than-expected third quarter for Next]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1730]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Book learning]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[According to Persephone Books, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is one of its best-selling title. So it wouldn't be surprising that the company mentioned the book periodically throughout its catalogue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1731]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Simplify gift-giving for online shoppers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Getting consumers to your ecommerce site is only part of the battle for winning a share of the Christmas wallet.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1724]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/11/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Four ways to use geolocation to prevent online fraud]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The average ecommerce site uses four risk-monitoring tools to help avoid falling victim to card-not-present (CNP) fraud]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1725]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—postal strikes hurting etailers, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of the online retailers surveyed by Interactive Retail in Media Group (IMRG) have suffered a decline in revenue since the Communication Workers Union strikes against Royal Mail began]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1719]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—more postal strikes, Quelle crashes, more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called additional strikes against Royal Mail for 6th November and 9th November, and as The Times reports, these will be “all out” strikes, with all staff walking out simultaneously.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1712]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Most popular posts--October]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The most-visited blog posts in October were]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1713]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/11/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--30th October 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct Group, which owns the rights to the Woolworths name, has written a legal letter to Alworths, requesting that it rethink its plans to launch a chain of stores]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1705]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—29th October 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A three-day postal strike is underway as talks between the Communications Workers Union and Royal Mail failed to reach agreement last night.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1704]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CWU warns of more strikes to come]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A three-day postal strike is underway as talks between the Communications Workers Union and Royal Mail failed to reach agreement last night.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1706]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--28th October 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After two days of talks between the Communications Workers Unions (CWU) and Royal Mail, union leaders are expected to announce today whether they’re going ahead with three more days of industrial action. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1703]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The three stages of global ecommerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As JC Williams Group sees it, there are three stages of international ecommerce expansion: passive, participatory, and active. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1714]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pearls of global wisdom from ECMOD 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Several sessions at this year’s ECMOD Conference and Exhibition, which took place in London on 7th and 8th October, focused on international expansion, especially among UK cataloguers that have entered the US and German markets. Among the pearls of wisdom gleaned]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1715]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--27th October 2009 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“We don`t have any Matthews working for us at all” Bravissimo told The Sun after a suggestive hand-written note was found inside the packaging of a customer’s mail-order purchase.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1702]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Auf wiedersehen, Quelle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, the insolvent German retailer, announced last week that it is shutting Quelle Deutschland, the German division of the 82-year-old general merchandise catalogue. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1716]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/10/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Having your say: a reader responds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Re “Editor’s Note: Have Your Say”, 13th October issue: So, at last, someone besides myself gets it. Good for you to ask for on-the-ground insight into the market, something more than numbers. It`s really fascinating stuff.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1717]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight in brief]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[San Francisco-based fashion retailer Gap is finally going to launch ecommerce sites for Canada and the UK]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1718]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Season's e-greetings]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Guess who sent us our first Christmas enewsletter?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1708]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--26th October 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Communications Workers Union and Royal Mail “will have their work cut out when they hold talks to try to avoid another postal strike” today, writes the Guardian. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1694]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The good, the bad, and the huh]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A few comments on catalogues and emails that arrived at Catalogue e-business HQ this week.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1711]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st October 2009 ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1693]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering info about deliveries, take two]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week I went on a bit about how few companies were posting messages on their home pages reassuring customers about deliveries in the event of a Royal Mail strike.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1709]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What you need to know about protecting your intellectual property]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Domain names, catalogue and website images, and brand logos are intangible but critical assets of your business. As such, they need protecting. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1860]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Chris Barling                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best practice for online checkout]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Given how many shoppers abandon their online carts once they get to the checkout stage of a website, you’d think that more online sellers would ensure that their transaction funnels were as effective as possible. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1861]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/10/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--20th October 2009 ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1692]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--19th October 2009 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1691]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--16th October 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1690]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--15th October 2009 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1689]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--14th October 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1688]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick ecommerce takeaways from Amy Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New features and quick tweaks to help you boost your web sales]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1768]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Which is the tail and which is the dog]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the years since ecommerce arrived on the direct marketing scene like an unexpected and not-all-that-wanted younger sibling, cataloguers have viewed it as an auxiliary channel.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1767]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--12th October 2009 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1687]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th October 2009 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1685]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Catalogue Exchange - ECMOD Supplier of the Year winners announced ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1684]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New and improved websites: who’s doing what ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1681]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Word power]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Seemingly minor changes in verbiage can have a major impact]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1674]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Herschell Gordon Lewis        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[N Brown gets High & Mighty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1678]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Social retail: hunters, gatherers, and collaborators]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The inevitable result of the ever-increasing consumer passion for social media is a rush of retailers and brands looking for opportunities to monetise the burgeoning online communities.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1665]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Katy Howell                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking measure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[During the past few months I’ve been asked the same question by different people: “How can I prove that social media are profitable?”]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1666]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Gurd                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conversational catalogues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How can catalogues, so well designed to appeal to this psychology, make the most of the newly reinvigorated word-of-mouth (WOM) industry?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1667]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Molly Flatt                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plan don't plunge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marketing 2.0 allows communication with customers that is often far more personal and frequent than in the past and can provide a depth of customer engagement that could only be dreamed of a few years ago.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1669]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Robert Barnes                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[101 questions you may want to ask--part 5]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Questions you should ask yourself to help you determine your organisation’s state of health and how best to take the business forward]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1670]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Don Libey                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[All for one]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To implement improvements, you need a united team. Part 6 of our series on change management shows how to create one.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1671]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Doyan                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Recession gets the party started ]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Duo done good]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two years ago the site of footwear merchant Duo received a lukewarm review. The same critiquer returns to cast his eye over the site’s relaunch]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1673]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Spencer Gallagher             ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Outlet section debuts on eBay ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1680]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Next sets sights on US and Germany, Littlewoods lands on the Continent ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1682]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[QVC doubles storage capacity at distribution centre]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1679]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... Richard Davies of Hattons Model Railways]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Established in 1946, Hattons Model Railways now operates a shop and four websites (ehattons.com, hattons.co.uk, ediecast.co.uk, and worldwidemodelrailways.com), mails catalogues, and advertises in 15 monthly magazines. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1675]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Watch and share]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Video and social software are two technologies that have become must-haves for ecommerce sites]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1668]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Simon Robinson                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--October 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When people talk about improving the online shopping experience, they often compare websites unfavourably to stores. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1672]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight--IC Companys launches pan-european sites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[IC Companys, the Danish parent company of 11 fashion brands including InWear and Matinique, has contracted GSI Commerce to launch ecommerce sites for its Peak Performance brand of active apparel. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1720]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers: wired Europe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you’re seeking Europe’s most web-connected nation, look northward, to Iceland.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1723]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ireland readies national postcode system]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ireland has announced that it will implement a national postcode system in early 2011.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1722]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asos reaps one-quarter of sales from abroad]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[London-based fashion etailer Asos this year nearly doubled the number of countries it ships to, from 58 to 114.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1721]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—5th October 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1676]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Catalogue Exchange elects new board members ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1677]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fulfilment and distribution glossary]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1448]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ News roundup—2nd October 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1655]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—1st October 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1642]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/10/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—30th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1643]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The skinny on audio mining]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When call centre agents are required to record only very specific data it can often result in much of the conversation being lost information. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1862]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Darren Standing               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/09/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—25th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1644]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--24th September 2009 ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1645]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1646]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Get your comparison-shopping strategy ready for Christmas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To make sure that you reap the maximum rewards from the comparison sites at peak season, here's a list of tips. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1610]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Going mobile: four tips to help you prepare for m-commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite a shaky start, mobile web adoption is set to increase thanks largely to the rise in popularity of smart phones. Juniper Research predicts that the number of mobile web users will top 1.7 billion by 2013. So it’s hardly surprising that more retailers are looking to dip their toes in the mobile commerce water.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1611]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Frank Lord                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International Dance Supplies prepares for US debut ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1656]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1647]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1648]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1650]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1651]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eight key metrics for email marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the strengths of email marketing is its trackability. There are so many metrics you can track, in fact, that it becomes a bit daunting. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1612]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1652]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving service while increasing sales ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s tempting to view your call centre as a cost centre, a place to turn to when it’s necessary to reduce expenses. But paring back your customer service to the proverbial bone can cost you sales and repeat customers.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1613]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Catalogue Exchange - ECMOD Supplier of the Year shortlist announced]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1653]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—15th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1654]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--14th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1658]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--11th September 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1659]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International expansion top of retailers’ to-do lists ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For more multichannel marketers, expanding overseas is becoming a priority—to the point where they’re investing in expertise and infrastructure.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1660]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five key factors for successful online globalisation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You’re looking to take your English-language website global. All you have to do is translate the content on your site and create replica versions for the new markets, right? Wrong.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1663]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Service gripes vary by country]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1662]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Get your website up to speed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The axiom “Time is money” has never been more true than in cyberspace. If your website fails to load instantly, you can count on visitors abandoning it to head to that of a swifter competitor.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1614]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight in brief]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1664]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Topshop expands global reach ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1661]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clean and lean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Salon Skincare website is no-fuss, no-muss—but a bit of elaboration may be in order]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1700]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Andrew Wilson                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Everything you wanted to know about IT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[... but were afraid to ask]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1695]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with…Lula Braithwaite of LoveLula.com]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lula Braithwaite’s passion for natural products drove her to launch organic apothecary LoveLula.com three years ago. Since then the company has won numerous accolades, including being named Best Retail Website by Natural Health magazine in its 2009 Beauty Awards.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1701]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No more traffic jams]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In June 2008, the online store of supermarket Sainsbury went offline for two days, leaving around 220,000 customers unable to order their groceries online. Sainsbury is believed to have lost £1.5 million in sales as a result of the downtime]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1697]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Graham Moore                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time for warehouse tech]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Investing in new warehouse applications now may not at first glance seem the wisest decision. But there are a number of good reasons to improve your warehouse systems during a downturn. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1696]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Alex Mills                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[“Never before have postal workers experienced so many attacks from all sides. Whether it’s pay, job security, workload, or dignity and respect at work, our members are facing a beating on all aspects of their working lives.”—Dave Ward, deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), 21st August]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1699]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Check and check again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The product pricing disaster from BestBuy recently, which saw its website selling flat-screen TVs for under $10, is yet another example of data management gone wrong.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1726]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Charlie Lawhorn               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sowing content, reaping sales]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How to build a successful online brand with nonsales copy]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1698]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Murray Kenneth                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ryman puts multichannel at core]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Stationery retailer Ryman is refocusing on becoming a multichannel player and is overhauling its website. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1741]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turnaround takes effect at Flying Brands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands posted a 77.6-percent jump in profit before tax from ongoing business for the first half of the year.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1742]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swabey invests in white-label wine business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[First Resources, whose chairman is Nigel Swabey, chief executive of multititle mailer Scotts & Co, has invested a “significant six-figure sum” in wine distributor Intervino]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1743]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Findel raises equity and announces cost-cutting plans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, whose brands include the Studio and Ace credit-based mail order catalogues, websites IWantOneofThose.com and Kitbag.com, and educational supplies cataloguers Hope Education and GLS, last month raised £81 million by way of a rights issue.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1747]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Movers and shakers--September 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[David Inglis has left Shop Direct, where he was group trading director.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1745]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nauticalia and Beken partner for calendar distribution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Nauticalia, a cataloguer/retailer of maritime-inspired gifts, has taken over the production, manufacturing, and marketing of the Beken of Cowes calendar range.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1746]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is a Royal Mail VAT refund in your future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you’ve negotiated Tailor Made Incentives (TMIs), volume discounts, or any other sort of personalised contract with Royal Mail, you might be owed reimbursement of the VAT percentage of the sums you paid the postal carrier.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1595]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger and Miri Thomas ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[All change at Adili]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ethical-fashion etailer Adili has changed its name to Ascension,]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1744]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No more excuses: segment your email files]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Attention, email marketers: Segmentation isn’t new. Segmentation can be really powerful, however, and you can go way beyond RFM (recency/frequency/monetary value) with it. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1615]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Will Dymott                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips for affordable usability testing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Letting the end users contribute to the project through user testing before the launch can help stave off potential problems that those involved too closely in the site might never notice.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1616]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Stephen Pratley               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Make negative feedback work for you ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Reassurance from previous customers that a website offers great products, outstanding service, and a safe shopping environment fosters faith in customers. One way to do this is to include customer reviews and recommendations on your site. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1617]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Bill Cawley                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five tips for better email testing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Every direct marketer has heard, time and again, the mantra “Test, test, and test again”. But while everyone knows the importance of testing, not as many know how to test in order to come up with actionable information.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1618]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five quick tips for more-effective loyalty programmes ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five tips to help you maximise your customer relationships and increase loyalty, based on lessons learned during the recession]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1620]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Stuart Evans                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ho ho ho: Best practice for holiday email marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Email marketing is a science, and marketers looking to drive strong returns from their email marketing programmes at Christmas must plan their communications carefully and adopt best-practice techniques]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1619]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steve Lomax                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In offers we trust: five tips for more-effective promotions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Many companies use special offers to drive traffic to their websites and increase revenues. Customers don’t really believe in something for nothing. Giving honest reasons for an offer makes it credible.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1621]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Giles Colborne                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The layman’s guide to improving email deliverability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Although email marketing remains one of the most cost-effective marketing media, thousands of pounds are still being lost every year in the UK online retailing sector due to failed delivery of emails.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1622]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steve Kemish                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine tips to becoming social-media savvy ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Software company Vocus has created a white paper, “The Dos and Don’ts of Creating an Effective Social Media Strategy”, that can help you avoid some common errors and reap the full potential of the media. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1623]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do you speak SEO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Translating the jargon of search optimisation into tactics you can implement today]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1758]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Stephan Spencer               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One policy doesn’t fit all]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tailoring returns policies to customer behaviour can improve profitability]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1759]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steve Denby                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving the value of your house file]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Four steps to make the most of your customer database]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1727]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cherry Forrest                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Mapping the customer journey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To retain customers, you need to analyse their every interaction with your brand]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1729]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Richard Greenhalgh            ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Becoming a social-media socialite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The power and influence of social media cannot be overstated. The news of Michael Jackson’s death was broken on a gossip blog, not CNN]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1760]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Jason Smith                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Multiples are merrier]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tricks of the trade to convert one-time buyers into multibuyers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1763]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Herschell Gordon Lewis        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with… Rachel Perrett of Frock]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Online fashion boutique Frock (www.frockonline.com), which specialises in unique but affordable pieces, has been tipped by fashionistas as a site to watch.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1765]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting engaged: the rise of the customer magazine]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Customer magazines are by no means a new concept. Ikea, for example, has published Ikea Family, in one form or another, since 2002, and fashion etailer Asos launched its customer magazine in September 2006. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1739]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The leaky bucket]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Four steps to help reduce customer churn]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1728]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Marie Myles                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Catalogue Exchange and Abacus reach co-op agreement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Following talks with trade organisation Catalogue Exchange, transactional database specialist Abacus agreed to cancel its proposed expansion of the Abacus Home Shopping Alliance to include charities. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1733]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[M&A watch: Compton & Woodhouse, Borders, Ondrives, and Amazon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Haroldrex Ventures, a new company led by chief executive Mark Dugdale, acquired the assets of collectibles and gifts cataloguer Compton & Woodhouse]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1734]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Online fashion still a bright spot]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the recession, online retail is still growing, and the fashion sector seems to be doing especially well.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1735]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Direct sellers try to buy loyalty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Loyal customers are, of course, critical to the continued success of a business. Three direct sellers have introduced formal loyalty programmes in the hopes of increasing customer retention—but this approach is not necessarily the most effective way of encouraging loyalty.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1736]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Barloworld adds another channel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Warehouse handling equipment and lift trucks distributor Barloworld has launched what it calls “an online industrial equipment superstore”.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1737]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IDS founder wins First Women Award]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Anne Walker, the managing director of dancewear catalogue International Dance Supplies, has won the Retail and Consumer category in the First Women Awards.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1738]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Movers and shakers--August 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1740]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In sync. How to coordinate marketing and outbound sales]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A coordinated catalogue marketing and outbound sales effort can be a powerful one-two punch for your business. But coordination is the key. Here are four key areas to examine to make sure your sales and marketing efforts are in sync.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1757]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[George Hague                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--August 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Among the many valid reasons the Native Americans had to scorn the incoming Europeans was the wastefulness of the latter group. When the Indians killed, say, a buffalo, they used each and every part of the animal]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1761]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wandering through Nomads]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Journeying through the fair-trade fashion merchant’s supplementary catalogue brings home the importance of branding]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1762]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nicky Forsdyke                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A publishing system with ooh-la-la]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Created in France, the Perigee Software Suite is a relative newcomer to the UK]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1764]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Judy Lilley                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/08/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Creatives and data analysts: bridging the gap ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There appears to be little understanding between the creatives and the data experts involved in direct marketing, a situation that can prevent a campaign from achieving its full potential.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1625]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Pamela Bath                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cut the cost of your paid-search efforts ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advocates of paid search probably wouldn’t agree with the adage about the best things in life being free. But certainly they wouldn’t have any qualms about trying to cut the costs of their search engine marketing efforts.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1624]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One platform, multiple markets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Creating localised websites for individual countries involves more than translating the copy and converting the currency.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1850]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Frank Lord                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Another Four P’s of Marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You’re no doubt familiar with the Four P’s of Marketing: product, price, place, and promotion. In this era of marketing 2.0, however, those Four P’s may no longer be enough.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1626]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five tips for better tweeting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marketers are all a-twitter over Twitter, it seems. An online messaging platform, Twitter enables you to communicate with followers who opt in to receive your brief (140-character) messages as well as to follow businesses and individuals of interest to you. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1627]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pump up the volume of your email subject lines ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten tactics to help you craft an attention-grabbing email subject line.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1628]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—14th July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bonprix, Mills & Boon]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1609]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--13th July 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1607]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—13th July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Quelle, Blackface Meat Company]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1608]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Glasses Direct, Avon Bulbs, Marshalls Seeds, John Lewis]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1606]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven principles of a stellar online customer experience]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Seven principles of a stellar online customer experience]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1602]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—9th July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BookRabbit, Laura Ashley]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1605]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Corporate Express, Arcandor, Neckermann, Firebox, Straight]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1604]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Analyse your way to better email response]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You’re no doubt practising some sort of website analytics… but are you analysing your email marketing efforts? ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1630]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FGH folds its Montage catalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH), formerly known as Otto UK, has shut its Montage catalogue brand.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1597]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Temptations acquires Purple Pleasures]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Venus Sales, a sex-toys etailer that trades as Temptations Direct, has acquired rival business Purple Pleasures for an undisclosed sum. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1600]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Homecraft Rolyan acquires Mobilis, changes name]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Having acquired physiotherapy and sports-medicine cataloguer Mobilis Healthcare in April, rehabilitation-supplies mailer Homecraft Rolyan is now changing its name.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1601]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—7th July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown Group]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1594]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Findel’s cash crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Between 2004 and 2008, revenue at multibrand merchant Findel climbed 53.2 percent, from £421.1 million to £645.1 million.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1598]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Very big rebrand for Littlewoods Direct]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On 5th July, Shop Direct Group will have unveiled Very, a new identity for its Littlewoods Direct fascia.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1599]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Marks & Spencer, Pets at Home, Boden, Figleaves, Firebox, Play.com, Asos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1593]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Networking the social-media maze]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You could be forgiven for thinking that Derby House, Mothercare, Natural Collection, and Premier Farnell have nothing in common other than producing catalogues. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1596]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waste not, want not--part 3]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When recruiting customers, it can be especially difficult to determine which mailings are wasteful ones. Here’s some advice]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1793]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ray Morris Hill, Dean Lundell ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[In praise of LTV]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The article “The lifeblood of your business” by Kevin McSpadden in the June issue of Catalogue e-business was very enlightening, and I fully support its view.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1802]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Wayne Lysaght-Mason           ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Signs of success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Although the Stocksigns catalogue does a lot of things right, it could benefit from some freshening up]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1799]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Gary Bigwood                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Catalogue reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Deliverability, subject lines, and testing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advice on three key areas of successful email marketing]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1790]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Will Schnabel                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[101 questions you may want to ask--Part 4]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Questions you should ask yourself to help you determine your organisation’s state of health and how best to take the business forward]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1794]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Don Libey                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Web 2.0 can be so exhausting. There are so many channels to follow, and so many to maintain.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1798]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Editor's notes]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper chase]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five things you need to know to buy paper confidently and effectively]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1791]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[John Petty                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Socialising SEO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten tips to boost your search engine visibility using social media]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1792]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Jill Culbertson               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Five good reasons to buy a business in a downturn]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In November 2008 I bought a company called Flowercard with my business partner, Ben Lowes.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1797]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Graham Winn                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A robust look at a robust direct commerce solution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Midsize companies selling in multiple channels face complicated challenges in selecting the right software to manage various aspects of their business. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1800]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ernie Schell                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Systems and IT]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with…James Hart of Asos]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We asked Asos’s first-ever employee, marketplace and community director James Hart, about the importance of community in helping to make the business a market leader]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1801]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy email wins]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Most marketers fail to implement simple tips to boost response and sales. Here’s your chance to get one up on them]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1789]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Tink Taylor                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—2nd July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Damart, Argos, Viking Office Products]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1590]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—1st July 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer, Seraphine, Pyjama Room, Mama-la-mode.com, Blossom Mother & Child]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1589]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/07/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Listen, respond, and increase email deliverability ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simply listening to and responding to your customers can dramatically improve your email deliverability and open rates. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1631]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[John Stephenson               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Good customer or bad customer?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Good, profitable customers are the Holy Grail—so much so that it may be worth considering investing more not only in retention of good customers but in acquiring new products to sell to existing good customers rather than acquiring new customers. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1632]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nick Rowley                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/07/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—30th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Quelle, Royal Mail, John Lewis, Shop Direct, Next]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1586]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—29th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asos, Royal Mail, NotontheHighStreet.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1585]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—26th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mamas & Papas, Woolworths, Plain Lazy]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1583]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—25th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, DSG International, Jack Wills, Forman and Field]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1582]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—24th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hotter, Theo Fennell, Pet-Supermarket, Amazon, Hayloft Plants]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1581]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine tips for more-productive affiliate marketing ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Reaping the benefits of affiliate marketing isn’t simply a matter of signing up with an affiliate network and then sitting back to wait for sales. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1633]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[ECRM and the power of engagement ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1634]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Felix Velarde                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[White Stuff, Ocado, Regatta Groups, Ondrives, Rino Industries, Direct Wines, Peter Christian]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1578]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—19th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Littlewoods Direct, Arcandor, Otto, Royal Mail, Thompson & Morgan]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1577]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting engaged to—and with—your market]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1573]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Book People, Scholastic, Discover Leisure, Arcandor]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1576]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer, Dell, Visa Europe]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1575]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to make rich media even richer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rich media—image zoom, 360-degree product views, alternate views, video merchandising—have been vital to the growth of online selling. But by overlooking some rich-media best practice, you may not be reaping all the potential of the applications. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1635]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Morrisons, Argos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1574]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—15th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Clogau Gold, Lush]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1571]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Park Group, Hamleys, Blooming Direct, Emorsgate Seeds]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1570]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home Retail Group, Premier Farnell, Natural Collection, Ethical Collection]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1569]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Net-a-Porter, Ideal Shopping Direct, Halfords, Lakeland]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1568]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to maximise your Google PPC campaigns ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What’s the biggest room in the world? Room for improvement. With that in mind, here are nine suggestions to help you improve your Google pay-per-click search engine marketing efforts]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1637]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting started with social media]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You may think that every business out there already has a Facebook page and a Twitter feed, but that’s not the case—yet. So if you haven’t made any inroads regarding social media, it’s not too late.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1638]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers--Insight 43]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Research and stats from Catalogue e-business magazine's Insight enewsletter]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1641]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips to keep your IT security costs down]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even in cost-cutting mode, you cannot afford to skimp on IT security]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1640]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ian Kilpatrick                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—9th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, Interflora, Marks & Spencer, Derby House]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1565]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1563]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arcandor files for insolvency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor filed for insolvency today after its application for emergency state aid was rejected by the German government. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1566]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick pointers for better email marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Quick pointers for better email marketing]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1561]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, Woolworths, Peter Beales, David Austin]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1564]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—5th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan Holdings, Arcandor, M and M Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1558]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—4th June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, Confetti, Graham & Green]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1557]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—3rd June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Look, Arena Flowers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1556]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—2nd June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Laura Ashley, Kingfisher, Wickedelic Lingerie, CJ Wildbird Foods]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1553]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1552]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grow your own green shoots]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Grow your own”, like “Make do and mend”, has become a mantra for the current economic times.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1537]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diversify or die]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that many merchants are struggling in the current economy. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1538]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Back from administration: EBTM, 247electrical, Empire Direct]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Three companies that fell into administration during the past eight months have been bought out and will continue to trade online.

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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1539]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MindWare exits UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After relaunching its British operations in time for Christmas 2008, MindWare now seems to be exiting the UK. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1540]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Southern Co-operative enters home shopping market with Xest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Southern Co-operative, which has more than 150 outlets, primarily food retailers, across southern and middle England, has launched a home shopping offering targeting the grey market.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1541]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Readers’ Union phases out book clubs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Readers’ Union, a direct marketer of books, is phasing out its book clubs. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1542]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Retailers look for growth overseas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown Group, Otto Group, New Look, and Jaeger are among the merchants that recently announced forays overseas]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1543]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Craghoppers steps up marketing activity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Travel and outdoor gear cataloguer Craghoppers said it exceeded its first-quarter sales target by 19 percent. It credits the growth in part to an increase in the number of people holidaying in the UK rather than abroad and the resurgence of walking and hiking as leisure pursuits.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1544]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotts & Co buys Bloom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotts & Co, whose catalogues include Scotts of Stow, Cucina Direct, and The Original Gift Company, has added another brand to its portfolio.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1545]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3D Secure--whose house needs ordering?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In reference to your front-page article of the May issue, we have implemented 3D Secure in our business...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1816]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Philip Marshall               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Readers' views]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Cut through the geek speak]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A bluffer’s guide to evaluating IT suppliers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1810]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Murray Kenneth, Patrick Pitman]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Profiting from your call centre]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How to tap the hidden sales potential of your customer service reps]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1803]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Guy Tweedale                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--June 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“You never get a second chance to make a first impression”: That saying rang in my head as I leafed through a recent catalogue from a small home decor merchant.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1813]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Built for engineers, not for robots]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Plastic Parts Centre’s site does what it set out to do, but that’s not necessarily enough]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1814]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nigel Atkinson                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Website reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Helping customers help themselves]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Offering web self-service benefits shoppers and, by extension, your business]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1804]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Davin Yap                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Have you tried going naked]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We’ve been mailing the Lands’ End catalogue naked—without polywrapping—for as long as any of us can remember.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1812]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Tim Curtis                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with...Tom Marshall of Asco ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Having trained as a mechanical engineer, Tom Marshall had a lot to learn about the catalogue industry. As the managing director of £3.8 million Asco Educational Supplies, he has learned his lessons well.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1815]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Money, that’s what I want]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A basic guide to identifying funding sources]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1811]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Robert Colquhoun              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The lifeblood of your business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Customer lifetime value is a critical business metric. Here’s how to calculate and use it]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1807]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Kevin McSpadden               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[A more efficient supply chain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Seven areas to focus on to improve your operations]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1809]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Simon Tomlinson               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/06/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—29th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, Ideal Home Shopping]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1536]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—28th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lands' End, EMC Advertising Gifts, Jack Wills, Gray and Osbourne, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1535]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan Holdings, Adili, Box 2]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1534]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What you need to know about cultivating inbound links]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1528]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The case for interaction analytics]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1531]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Craig Pumfrey                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1532]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—26th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, Oka, Wrapit, Liz Earle]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1533]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Email deliverability: behaviours, policies, and procedures]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1529]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Stuart Wheldon                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Have you ever been experienced?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ecommerce usability testing has embraced new techniques such as eye-tracking, which enables a company to see what the user is looking at, and remote observation, which enables lower-cost usability studies to be conducted over a wider geographic area. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1530]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Marty Carroll                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, Williams Medical Supplies]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1527]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scotts & Co, Bloom and Green, Play.com, Virgin Vie at Home, N Brown Group]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1526]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mothercare, Findel]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1525]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—19th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer,Jekka's Herb Farm]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1524]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Otto, Arcandor, Ethical Superstore, Intel, Next]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1523]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—15th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Asda, Hut Group, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1522]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—14th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ski & Outdoor Warehouse, Argos, Bit & Pieces]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1521]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—13th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sainsbury, Lands' End, Blue Inc, Ortak]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1520]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Craghoppers, Stanfords, Arcandor]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1519]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven tips for improving your email design]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1513]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[A quick checklist for reducing cart abandonment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1514]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The beginner’s guide to online lead generation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1515]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mike Anderson                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting the best from BI technology]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s not uncommon for companies to invest in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management (CPM) software, only to be bitterly disappointed. These tools are purchased in the belief that they can be used independently to gain timely and efficient access to data. The reality is that they are often no more than raw components that bring with them an IT overhead of programming, integration, and support.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1516]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nigel Illingworth and Dominic ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Systems and IT]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1517]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Travis Perkins]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1518]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Catalogue Hotspots]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A “where’s where” of catalogue companies]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1973]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, La Redoute, Marks & Spencer]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1512]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, Next, Radley]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1511]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—5th May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kitbag, N Brown Group, Argos, Ocado]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1498]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Online merchants still unsure about 3D Secure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Never mind the digital switchover; there’s another tech-related deadline approaching, and it affects all online merchants accepting payments by Maestro.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1499]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Make sure your loyalty programme doesn't end up a disloyalty programme]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1832]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Passport to Europe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five rules to bear in mind before expanding your business to the Continent]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1827]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Rob Galkoff                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Off the page, on to your house file]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Don’t underestimate the distinctive benefits of off-the-page advertising.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1819]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Paul Hendrick                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Performance management best practice]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eight steps to keep your website in peak condition]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1822]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Flower                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PAS 2020 and Sustainable Mail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With no fanfare, few direct marketers have showed much interest in the new PAS 2020 standard. That’s a shame, as there is much to commend it.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1829]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Martin Harvey                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using user-generated content]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Customer reviews, ratings, and comments can attract and convert new buyers as well as boost overall sales]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1820]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Brett Hurt                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Critical space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Your warehouse may not be cramped so much as ill-organised. Here’s how to make more space without moving to larger premises]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1826]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Pritchard-Barrett       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[101 questions you may want to ask--part 3]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even amid the chaos of the current economy—or perhaps because of the chaos of the current economy—it’s important to take time to assess the fitness of your business.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1828]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Don Libey                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Give ’em a hand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Handpicked Collection catalogue has a great concept and content. It simply needs to hone its creative]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1833]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Bill Vickers                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Catalogue reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... Sylvia Hopwood of The Recycle Works]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An online seller of recycling and composting supplies, The Recycle Works won the Everywoman Iris Award in December and the Be Inspired Business Awards Lancashire for best use of the internet in March 2009.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1836]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Second comes in first]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As is widely acknowledged, online and multichannel businesses are generally doing better than their store-only peers. However, what we are observing is nuanced.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1837]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ian Tomlinson                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Readers' views]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Findel sells Letterbox, closes Cotswold Company]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel had announced in April that it would shut toys cataloguer Letterbox and home decor title The Cotswold Company. Since then one of the brands has avoided the axe: Letterbox was acquired by toys and novelties cataloguer/retailer Hawkin’s Bazaar.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1502]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[M&A watch: three deals in one week]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The week of 23rd March was a busy one for mergers and acquisitions in the direct selling sector, with three deals announced in as many days.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1503]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—1st May 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SofaSofa, RS Components, Jaeger]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1497]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[JD Sports, Ted Baker launch discount sites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves a bargain—especially in a recession. Little wonder, then, that several retailers recently launched discount websites.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1500]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RNLI catalogue on hiatus]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal National Lifeboats Institution (RNLI) is not producing a spring catalogue this year. Its website is also offline until the autumn]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1501]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/05/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—30th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Boden, Marks & Spencer, Oka, Play.com, Amazon, John Lewis, Asos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1496]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—29th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home Retail Group, HMV, Woolworths]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1495]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Details that can refresh your emails]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1491]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/04/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Eleven easy ideas for a better ecommerce site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1492]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The beginner’s guide to getting the most from list rentals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1493]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Helen Daw                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—28th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown Group, Royal Mail, NotontheHighStreet.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1494]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Before making staff redundant, try these cost-cutting tips]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1488]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/04/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asos, N Brown Group, Slimma]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1490]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, Crocus, Linpac, Book Depository]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1487]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Redcats]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1486]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Letterbox, Hawkin's Bazaar, EBTM, TKC Direct, Duo]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1484]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, Ironmongery Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1483]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--17th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ideal Shopping Direct, Flying Brands]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1482]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--16th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ministry of Sound, Asos, Wensum Rainbow, National Trust]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1481]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1478]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven questions and answers about data match-backs]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1475]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[George Hague                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using content to create sales]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1476]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Profiting from online bells and whistles]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1477]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steven C Da                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup--14th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Waitrose, Jme Collection, Heal Farm]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1480]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—9th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Blackcircles, Lakeland, Asos, Sole Heaven, John Lewis, M and M Direct, Glasses Direct, Oli]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1479]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Figleaves, Hippychick, Amazon]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1474]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—7th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[My-Wardrobe.com, Get the Label]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1473]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Robert Dyas, Royal Mail, BlackCircles.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1465]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Live from the Cat X Factor: quick tips from Amy Africa]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1466]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Live from the Cat X Factor: the latest SEO best practice]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1467]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Warehouse automation--yea or nay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While automating the distribution centre presents a number of benefits, it also raises just as many challenges.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1839]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Simon Tomlinson               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Revamp and review]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Waste in business takes many forms, as part 5 of our series on change management demonstrates]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1841]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Doyan                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waste not, want not--part 2]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Garbage in, garbage out” applies to catalogue mailings as well as to computer science. Here’s how to take the garbage out of your files]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1842]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ray Morris Hill, Dean Lundell ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... Matthew Moulding of The Hut Group]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Hut Group ended 2008 on a high note: It was awarded £5 million of funding from the Bank of Scotland when CEO Matthew Moulding won its Entrepreneur Challenge.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1846]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Another option]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In response to “Waste not, want not—part 1” in the January issue, the idea of “improving profitability by wasting fewer catalogues” is a strong one.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1847]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cherry Forrest                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The three I’s]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I am a strong believer that good and careful companies will be able to weather a recession, but even so we all need to keep on our toes. One way is to pay heed to the three I’s of a successful business]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1843]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Anne Walker                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ASA it were]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In “Cataloguers caught out by advertising watchdog” in the March issue, you reported that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) had ordered an advertiser to stop distributing its catalogue.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1848]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Vernon Coleman                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Step by step]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Foot Shop has grown from a niche cataloguer to a multibrand, multichannel business—and a full-service agency to boot]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1838]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vive la bump!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[By emphasising its chic credentials, maternity wear catalogue Séraphine could beget a stronger brand ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1845]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Paul Hendrick                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Supply chain reaction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A 12-step plan to help you cut your fulfilment costs]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1840]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Criticising Royal Mail is a popular pastime. But things could be worse—and are in the States.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1844]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—3rd April 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ECMOD Awards ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1464]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Findel shuts down Cotswold Company and Letterbox]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After reviewing the viability of two of its brands, multititle mailer Findel has decided to discontinue The Cotswold Company and Letterbox operations]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1463]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Belle Maison exclusively b-to-c]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Furniture manufacturer/marketer Belle Maison is no longer a wholesaler. The company axed its business-to-business arm at the end of last year]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1468]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Webtogs goes multinational, multichannel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Outdoor-goods etailer Webtogs is extending its reach by accepting international orders online and establishing a retail presence.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1469]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Box 2 expands by going smaller]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Plus-size fashion merchant Box 2 is expanding—by adding a smaller size, 12, to its catalogue, online, and in-store offering.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1470]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New CEO takes helm at Flying Brands as profits tumble]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands has a new chief executive. Nonexecutive director Stephen Cook stepped into the position on 18th February, replacing Tricia Killen]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1471]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Two retailers bought out, two more collapse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Blooming Marvellous and Zavvi were acquired out of administration]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1472]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—31st March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer, Laura Ashley, DHAIS, Keep Able, Cdiscount]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1462]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What to look for when choosing an SEO agency]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1457]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Neil Walker                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Buying or renting data? Read this first]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1458]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Learning from history: Christmas spending reviewed]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1459]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Matthew Pepper                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1460]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—30th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[M and M Direct, Ted Baker, Royal Mail, J Parker, Crocus]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1461]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Natural Collection, Ethical Superstore, Dwell]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1456]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—26th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Next, Kingfisher]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1455]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—25th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Figleaves, Hippychick, Amazon]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1454]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—24th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BookRabbit.com, Ideal Shopping Direct, Amazon, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1452]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Aurum, Screwfix, Shop Direct, Party Pieces, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1451]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Premier Farnell, Jack Wills, White Company, Catalogue Exchange]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1447]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—19th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, Bravissimo, Wiggly Wigglers, Mother's Day gift guide]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1446]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[French Connection, Musto, Kingfisher]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1445]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1444]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yes, you can grow—even in a recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five strategies to help multichannel businesses grow even in a recession]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1436]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/03/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Telltale signs of ecommerce fraud]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1437]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ori Eisen                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making PAS 2020 work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1438]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Keith Jones                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/03/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The benefits of binary file forecasting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1439]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Kevin McSpadden               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/03/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1440]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1443]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—13th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, Argos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1442]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, Baugur Group, Wiggly Wigglers, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1441]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Celtic Sheepskin, Shop Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1435]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home Retail Group redundancies ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1434]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—9th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Debenhams, Principles, TM Lewin, Bravissimo, Net-a-porter.com, White Stuff, Early Learning Centre]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1433]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan Holdings redundancies]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1432]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—5th March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shoe Studio, Feather & Black, Organic Gardening Catalogue, Real Seed Catalogue, Seeds of Italy]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1431]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—3rd March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hut Group, Zavvi, EBTM, Mosaic Fashions, Pet-supermarket.co.uk]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1429]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The five phases of business failure—and three options for survival]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Steps to take to recognise when a business is in danger of failing, and what to do if it is]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1409]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Pattison                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine ways to boost your paid-search ROI]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you advertise your business via paid search engine marketing, you know that it’s not a simple matter of bidding on a search term, writing out a cheque, and waiting for the traffic to pour in.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1410]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The crux of customer experience]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we’re so focused on numbers and results that we forget about what <i>should</i> be the focus of our business: the customer. After all, if we lose sight of the customer, and what he wants from our company, we will ultimately lose the customer himself. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1411]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Web analytics shopping list]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shopping for a web analytics provider can be a daunting task. To help simplify matters, Coremetrics—admittedly a provider of online marketing solutions—has put together a checklist of factors and features to consider. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1412]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ask the experts: A call for metrics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Question: I`m eager to improve the service in my call centre, but I`m not sure what to measure, let alone what are acceptable metrics. Should I be measuring how many calls an agent can answer, or should I focus more on the quality of the service and if so, how?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=874]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—2nd March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Elvi, Mosaic Fashions, Waterford Wedgwood, Mouser Electronics, Glasses Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1417]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survival of the fittest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You don’t need to read more statistics to know that overall sales are down throughout the country. Nonetheless, some businesses are thriving, primarily by reducing overheads, increasing marketing activity, and offering a better deal for their customers.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1418]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cataloguers caught out by advertising watchdog]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Redcats UK title La Redoute, Play.com, Scotts & Co brand The Original Gift Company, and Healthspan recently fell afoul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1420]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cath Kidston switches to magalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cath Kidston, the fabrics, homewares, and apparel brand, has done away with its print catalogue—sort of. In its place is an eponymous magalogue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1422]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cox & Cox takes Cowboys and Cupcakes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Homewares and gifts cataloguer Cox & Cox has taken the majority stake in toys catalogue Tridias, now known as Cowboys and Cupcakes.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1423]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shop Direct to resurrect Woolworths]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home shopping giant Shop Direct Group, the owner of Littlewoods Direct, Additions, and Marshall Ward, has bought the Woolworths brand from the administrators]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1424]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pentland launches ecommerce sites for Speedo, other brands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fashion brands Speedo, Boxfresh, Clerk & Teller, Kickers, and One True Saxon have begun trading directly to consumers via ecommerce websites.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1425]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--March 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Monitoring mentions of your brand throughout the cybersphere needn’t be laborious. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1876]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top ten tips for writing copy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Copy is your silent salesperson that will always have a crucial role to play in building your brand and bringing in the orders.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1853]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mel Henson                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time for a redesign]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How to calculate whether your creative needs a revamp]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1855]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Brett Grange                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PA-DSS must not be ignored]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You may have disregarded some of the other payment-card compliance regulations, but you can’t afford to do so with the Payment Application Data Security Standard. Here’s why, and what you need to do]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1870]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ernie Schell                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Systems and IT]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer service in a recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Consumers may be cutting back, but that doesn’t mean you should be doing the same when it comes to service]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1875]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Yvonne Baxter                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A bit more support]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AA Lingerie’s website, while adequate, could benefit from an updated underpinning and a few frills]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1877]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Geoff Devereux                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with...Lucy MacLean of Inverawe Smokehouses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The marketing director at Inverawe Smokehouses, Lucy MacLean can confidently say she knows the business inside out. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1878]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Copy and the credit crunch]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s said that the photo tells and the copy sells. Now those words on the page have to sell like never before]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1852]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mel Henson                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doormat appeal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Three approaches to creating personalised direct mail that works for cataloguers and online merchants alike]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1854]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Patrick Headley               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Keys to performance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How to use web KPIs to improve your business]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1856]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Colette Wade                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time for a spring clean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tthe early part of any year tends to be a bit dismal and depressing. As we move into spring, though, life begins to feel better and brighter. So this is the time to refill our enthusiasm tanks and start to drive the business forward again. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1879]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Dara O'Malley                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beware the lure of the send button]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to email marketing, too much of a good thing can be bad for your long-term growth ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1871]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Murray Kenneth                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plan in hand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You can’t raise funds without a business plan. Here’s how to write a successful one]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1874]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Robert Colquhoun              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/03/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, EBTM, Really Garlicky Company]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1416]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—26th February 2009]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1415]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—25th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Harrods, N Brown Group, Royal Mail, 4imprint]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1414]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fat Face, Royal Mail, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1408]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Redcats, Ironmongery Direct, Stylo, Yours Clothing]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1407]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—19th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Screwfix, Wall, White Company, Net-a-porter.com, Asos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1406]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, Electric Word, Thorntons, Woolworths]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1405]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cotswold Company, Letterbox, Laura Ashley, Mosaic Fashions, Ministry of Sound, Clogau Gold]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1404]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Crafting a more-effective enewsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Enewsletters are an effective—and cost-effective—way for business-to-business marketers to stay in contact with customers and prospects, increase order frequency, and inspire loyalty.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1400]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting customers to love your team]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What makes teams such as Manchester United so popular? Having talented players, a fantastic heritage, and winning trophies help, of course. And clever and innovative advertising doesn’t hurt. But even more important is the positive engagement that marketers develop with fans and the experience this engagement offers them.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1401]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Chris Underhil                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/02/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Adams, Stylo, Outdoor Scene, Asos, Dwell]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1403]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—13th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan Holdings, Stylo]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1398]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arcandor, Redcats Group, Screwfix, Vente-Privee]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1397]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JJB Sports, Stylo, RS Components, Blacks Leisure]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1396]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Online marketing glossary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1450]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[M and M Direct, Tesco Direct, NotontheHighStreet.com, Seeds of Italy, Chiltern Seeds]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1395]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—9th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Waitrose, Ocado, Asda, Tesco, Baugur, Bravissimo]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1394]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Site accessibility for all]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Improved accessibility will make your site more attractive not only to those with disabilities but to all other users—and search engines—as well]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1885]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Giles Colborne                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Champagne Warehouse, Webtogs, Royal Mail]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1393]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—5th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Baugur, White Company, Murder One, Mydeco.com, Otto Group, Lush]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1392]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—4th February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, Ideal Shopping Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1391]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—3rd February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, snowstorm]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1388]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips for reducing click fraud]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1371]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Search, browse, buy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are typically two methods of presenting product on an ecommerce site: search based and browse based. An ecommerce site must use the presentation solution or combination of solutions appropriate to the products on sale and the needs of the site’s visitors.]]></description>
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<author><![CDATA[Mike Anderson                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/02/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Market share equals survival]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Whilst we all acknowledge the need for business to employ stringent budget management, a certain irony exists that consumers are doing exactly the same thing. So what should you do?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1373]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Paul Hinds                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—2nd February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, Sofa Workshop, Tesco, Amazon, Healthspan, Aurum]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1377]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Direct sellers defy the downturn]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas 2008 was the worst for retailers since at least 1994, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. But from the gloom emerged one bright trend: Online sellers actually did rather well.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1378]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan proposes “significant” redundancies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[chief executive Koert Tulleners outlined proposals to close one of the company’s two contact centres, warehouses in Peterborough and Bradford, the London buying office, and 18 clearance stores.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1379]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Booksellers turn a new leaf]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[News from Book Club Associates, Pandora Books, and Scholastic]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1380]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MBO at Virgin Vie at Home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The management team of cosmetics and skincare marketer Virgin Vie at Home, led by founding directors Ros Simmons and Ratan Daryani, has acquired the business from Virgin Group.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1381]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coopers of Stortford expands offering with acquisition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home goods cataloguer/retailer Coopers of Stortford has acquired local retailer Margaret Kay Flowers and Wine.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1382]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Electrocomponents, Dell implement cost-cutting moves]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Electrocomponents, the parent company of electrical and industrial components distributor RS Components, has announced a cost-cutting programme]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1383]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[List and data glossary]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1449]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[All in the delivery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten tips to ensure that your order fulfilment meets—if not exceeds—customer expectations]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1888]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Snow Valley                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--February 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[But when money is tight or consumers are afraid to spend, the rational—or make that rationalisation—plays an even more important role. And that’s definitely to the benefit of cataloguers and online merchants.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1890]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is this site cricket]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Romida positions itself as the world’s largest stockist of cricket gear—but that may not be enough to set the brand apart]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1891]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Leroyson Figuiera             ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with...Richard Longhurst of LoveHoney]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LoveHoney cofounder Richard Longhurst says the site is aiming to overtake Ann Summers as the UK’s largest sex-toy retailer. Here he tells Catalogue e-business how he hopes &#8232;to achieve that.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1893]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A call for service]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In issue 162 Sherry Chiger highlights an important issue for any call centre: that focusing on quantity over quality as a cost-cutting measure is a high-risk strategy]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1895]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Chris Hancock                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Extend creativity to delivery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the current economic downturn it’s inevitable that we will lose companies trading in the multichannel sector.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1896]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Russell Dorset                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Say no to devolution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The right type of copy can save the print catalogue from extinction—and of course, boost sales]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1892]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Herschell Gordon Lewis        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Don’t let them go]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten tips to reduce your online cart-abandonment rate]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1887]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Chris Barling                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Oh, do cheer up]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As a direct seller, you’re in the right place at the right time. Here’s why]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1894]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nigel Swabey                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Readers' views]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Surviving the browser wars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To come out a winner, you need to make sure your site performs across all browsers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1886]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Flower                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Value-added only, please]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Part 4 of our series on change management, ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1889]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Doyan                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/02/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—30th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Blooming Marvellous, Adili, Recycle Works, Freemans Grattan Holdings, Sarah Raven's Kitchen & Garde]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1376]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—29th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct, Argos, Asda]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1375]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—28th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Game Group, Litho Supplies, Duke Marketing, Straight, Chin Choi]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1370]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sofa Workshop, Stylo, Home Delivery Network, Charles Tyrwhitt, DSG International]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1366]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—26th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sofa Workshop, Stylo, Home Delivery Network, Charles Tyrwhitt, DSG International]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1365]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Home Retail Group, Early Learning Centre, Fish Society, Ikea, Outnet]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1364]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[GO Outdoors, Flying Brands, Royal Mail, Asos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1363]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, Argos, Woolworths, JJB]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1362]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Empire Direct, Comet, La Redoute, Smart Turnout]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1361]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five ways to detect online fraud]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Now more than ever, you cannot afford to lose money to online fraudsters who purchase goods using stolen credit cards. Geolocation monitoring can help you detect fraudulent orders before you fall prey]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1354]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The components of a user-friendly website]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1355]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Lorraine Paterson             ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Profitable personalisation]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1356]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Richard Higginbotham          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Get <i>your</i> company’s story out there]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1357]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1358]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—19th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Blooming Marvellous, DSG International, N Brown Group, Aspinal of London, Kcaj, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1360]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fat Face, Clonezone, Shoe Studio]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1359]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—15th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown Group, DSG International, Mothercare, Home Retail Group, Halfords, Marshalls Kitchen Garden Catalogue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1353]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EBags exits UK]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1345]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cdiscount seeking UK bargain hunters]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1346]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wonderland to get the party started in the US]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1347]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Henry Schein acquires three European businesses]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1348]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[International news in brief]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1350]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—14th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Primondo, Ideal Shopping Direct, My-wardrobe.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1351]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan proposes “significant” redundancies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH), formerly known as Otto UK, revealed proposals to significantly restructure and streamline its business.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1352]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—13th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[M and M Direct, Tesco, Virgin Vie, Coopers of Stortford, White Stuff, DSG International, Argos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1344]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[We hereby resolve…]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Managers and directors at a number of multichannel commerce companies, including Aspace, Firebox, and JoJo Maman Bebe, share how they resolved to improve their business in 2009]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1323]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Border patrol: UK merchants expand overseas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Since shoppers aren’t crossing the virtual borders to come to their online shops, marketers are going to the shoppers, by launching country-specific websites.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1324]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Battle Orders makes a retreat]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Battle Orders, a mail order retailer of replica arms and armour, will shut down by the 1st February]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1326]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report confirms Royal Mail status quo is “untenable”]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The operations arm of Royal Mail needs to be partially privatised in order to remain viable: That’s the conclusion reached by an independent review panel]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1327]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Pier collapses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Furniture retailer/cataloguer The Pier appointed accounting firm Mazars as administrator. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1329]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Party business celebrates new site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Since relaunching its website on 10th October, So Raise Your Glasses has seen year-on-year sales—excluding Christmas trading—increase 66 percent.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1330]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct Group, DSG International, Whittards of Chelsea, USC, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1343]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... Tara Ryan of Joules]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Joules Clothing appointed Tara Ryan, former head of womenswear design for Boden, as its menswear designer in October.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1927]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[101 questions you may want to ask--part 2]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Part of getting a physical involves answering a range of health-related questions. So it stands to reason that answering a range of questions about your business would enable you to assess its health.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1905]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Don Libey                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waste not, want not--part 1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You know that you can improve profitability by mailing to fewer marginal customers. But do you know how to determine which customers those are?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1906]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ray Morris Hill, Dean Lundell ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Anyone for PIM]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The bottom-line benefits of a product &#8232;information management system]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1908]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Andrew Piscina                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Selling socially]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Social-networking sites can bring your brand to a &#8232;wider audience and provide you with valuable feedback ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1907]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Richard Sheppard              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Defensive direct marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In tough times, forewarned is forearmed—and joining forces can help you marshal your weaponry]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1929]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Dugdale                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Whip your house file into shape]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It takes just four steps to get your customer file into peak condition]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1902]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Helen Daw                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Uniformly underwhelming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Denny's catalogue of uniforms and workwear surprises with its lack of best practice ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1926]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Gary Reid                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Catalogue reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Interflora sues over trademark bidding]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flower delivery firm Interflora is suing Marks & Spencer and Flowers Direct in a case that strikes at a change Google made earlier this year regarding AdWords bidding.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1328]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—9th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sofa Workshop, Waterford Wedgwood, Play.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1318]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, Miller Brothers, Firebox]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1317]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—7th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer, EBTM, Thorntons]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1316]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips for managing risk in a recession]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1310]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Richard Matthews and James Hyd]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[How to capitalise on key consumer trends]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1311]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven ways to cut printing costs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1312]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Credit crunch will expose e-laggards]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1313]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Martin Brickell               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1314]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Next, Debenhams, Marks & Spencer, Book Club Associates, Pandora Books, Badger Publishing]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1315]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—5th January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Blooming Marvellous, Waterford Wedgwood, Mosaic, JJB Sports, Utterly Horses]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1309]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Really useful analytics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To help build your business, data must be relevant, not merely interesting. Here are a few metrics worth tracking ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1897]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Andrew Wilson                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A fair assessment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To ensure a solid future for your business, you first need to determine how well it’s doing now ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1898]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Rob Galkoff                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/01/2009]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—2nd January 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asos, Howies, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1308]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/01/2009]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The year in review]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In terms of finance, 2008 has proved to be a memorable year—though in ways that many would no doubt like to forget. Nonetheless, let’s take a look at the biggest stories of the past year]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1301]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers: Christmas edition]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1302]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th December 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, Cdiscount]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1300]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VAT reduction triggers flurry of promotional activity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When Chancellor Alistair Darling announced on 24th November a reduction in the standard rate of VAT from 17.5 percent to 15 percent, it was meant to help retailers, by encouraging consumers to spend more.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1277]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Who’s willing to buy and sell in a foreign language?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to sell to some of the larger European countries, such as Germany, France, and Italy, or to up-and-comers such as Poland, you’d better create a local website in the local language. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1294]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th December 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Insight, Ideal Shopping Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1299]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asos delivers stellar performance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Etailer Asos is one of the few fashion marketers bucking the downward economic trend. Its first-half sales rose 107 percent]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1284]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The economy and the life of squirrels]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Building a competitive advantage whilst your competitors are sleeping]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1942]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nick Begy                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Readers' views]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Three steps to better returns processing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simplifying reverse logistics can pay off]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1935]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Hewitt                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Channelling the supply chain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For marketers selling via multiple channels, streamlining fulfilment can increase sales ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1936]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Allen Scott                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Speaking out for voice-directed operations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When voice technology works in the warehouse, and when it doesn’t]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1937]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Alex Mills                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Go, team!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even in tough times you may need to recruit staff—and even in tough times finding the right staff can be a challenge]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1939]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Murray Kenneth                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Small-business spotlight]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Up with people]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In part 3 of our series on change management, the focus turns to getting the most from your workforce]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1940]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Doyan                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Maginus makes a quantum leap]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the past year or two, Maginus has transformed itself dramatically from an ambitious contender in the direct commerce order management and fulfilment systems (OMFS) marketplace]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1931]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ernie Schell                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Systems and IT]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... Laura Fowler of Monster Parties]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Before launching Monster Parties, an online shop selling party supplies, Laura Fowler spent most of her career in the printing industry.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1941]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sizing up business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Children’s toys and decor cataloguer Great Little Trading Co works hard to live up to its name, with a small staff creating a large presence]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1938]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th December 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kingstown Associates, Ideal Shopping Direct, Home Retail Group, Park Group]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1273]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improve your data quality, step by step]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A worthy New Year’s resolution for all businesses is to improve the quality of its data. Experian QAS, a provider of data management solutions, suggests 10 steps]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1266]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tomorrow’s marketing trends today]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A forecast of marketing trends for 2009]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1267]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips for a cleaner redundancy process]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Martin Edwards, head of employment law at law firm Mace & Jones, offers 10 tips to help you take a “forensic” approach to redundancy]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1268]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[How to better manage your working capital]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advice on how to better manage a business's working capital]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1269]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Richard Sanders               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Time for a creative change?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["We`re debating within the company whether our print catalogue needs a redesign; it`s been about five years since we last overhauled the layouts, fonts and the like. What`s your advice?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=875]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Little to wag about]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An online retailer of goodies for pets, TailWag has a way to go to make its website as fun and accessible as its products. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1930]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Paula Dauncey                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Website reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour intensive]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten tips to manage your warehouse workforce more effectively]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1934]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Curt Barry                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Global holiday fun facts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[PayPal has introduced a nifty Online Selling Guide, which offers advice and sources for those interested in selling into more than a dozen countries, including Australia, China, Poland and the US. Some of the information is surprising]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1260]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clas Ohlson opens UK store, preps catalogue]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1256]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Home pages for the holidays]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cyber Monday—the Monday after Thanksgiving, and one of the busiest online shopping days of the year—is a critical day for online retailers in the US.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1257]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UK outspends US online]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1258]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Cataloguers come to grips with vat reduction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If the government thought they’d receive a hearty thank-you from merchants in response to its reduction of the vat, from 17.5 percent to 15 percent, it was sorely mistaken.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1252]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven steps to long-term email success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As with anything else complex, the way to create a respectful, effective email marketing programme it is to break it down into small, manageable tasks. The tasks below are a very good place to start]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1221]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Grant Keller                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking the temperature of your business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Effective business management relies on good information. Obviously businesses need to monitor their exposure to risk, their cash flow and their profitability. Often, however, the most valuable information does not sit in the P&L accounts; it derives from measuring critical indicators.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1222]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ian Tomlinson                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[What’s new in web analytics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A greater awareness of web analytics—what it is and what it can do for your business—is arguably one of the most significant recent changes in the field. Below are some others:]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1223]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Hudson                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It’s not too late—seven (more) tips for Christmas ecommerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here are seven functions and features you might want to be sure your business has down pat in the final weeks of the run-up to Christmas (and that you might want to remember when planning for next year)]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1224]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ravi Damani                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[A closer look: Print is still powerful]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marketers in this tough economy are seeking ways to cut costs. But removing catalogues from the marketing mix is probably not the way to go about it, judging by recent research from Royal Mail. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1235]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Bright future for Rosie Nieper]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Having acquired the Rosie Nieper t-shirt business in September 2008, educational toys and games mailer BrightMinds wasted no time in giving the catalogue a redesign]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1236]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[101 questions you may want to ask--Part 1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Complacency, not curiosity, killed many a business. Here are some key queries to ensure the health of your company  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1925]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Don Libey                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Your catalogue is in the email]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One way of lowering the fixed costs of catalogue production and postage is putting the catalogue online and emailing it as a complement to direct mail efforts]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1950]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Jackson                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Avoid writing 19th-century copy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Assumptions as the basis for effective copy are far out of fashion; the web has forced specifics onto us]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1954]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Herschell Gordon Lewis        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[All aboard!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Catalogue Exchange opens up its advisory board to supplier-side members]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1956]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Editor's note--late November 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For service-oriented trade magazines, a frequency of 18 times a year appears to be too much.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1957]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Editor's notes]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[More than words]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Being unable to see the customer’s body language is a communications challenge for call centre agents ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1959]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Christine Knott               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Warming to Wool Overs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A catalogue selling comfortable knitwear should provide a comfortable shopping experience.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1943]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Angela Walledge               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Catalogue reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten ways to improve deliverability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Email can be a highly cost-effective marketing tool—assuming your emails make it to their destination. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1949]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Considering coregistration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Partnering with a complementary organisation can quickly grow your email list—and your sales ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1951]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Hollie Williams               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Steering Demon Tweeks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The shortest distance between two points is a straight line—so to close a sale, a site should drive visitors directly to what they want]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1958]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Paul Lewis                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Website reviews]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Channel-crossing calculations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are three pieces of analysis no multichannel marketer should go without. Do you know what they are?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1947]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steve Trollinger              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Actions speak louder]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using customer behaviour to shape your email communications can increase sales and loyalty]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1948]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Matthew Kelleher              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with... Nick Glynne of Easycom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Glynne founded electronics reseller Easycom eight years ago after acquiring a liquidated company for £3,000]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1955]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Q&A with…]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[We are the world]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Because of the immense size and potential of the global online marketplace, many retailers are exploring how best to reach consumers beyond their borders. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1230]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Greig Holbrook                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[James Bidwell named managing director of Anthropologie Europe]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1216]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Email marketing drives online retail growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the troubling economy, many online retailers are continuing to prosper. One key reason: these marketers’ innovative use of email.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1199]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Andrew Robinson               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Three keys to lifting site conversion rates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Want to improve your website’s conversion rates? Of course you do. And according to Coremetrics, a provider of digital marketing optimisation solutions, persuading more site visitors to make a purchase boils down to three actions]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1198]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten simple tips to keep online sales humming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There’s been all sorts of chatter about how online sellers are in a better position than bricks-and-mortar retailers during the current economic gloom. But simply having an ecommerce site won’t keep your business buoyant]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1196]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[“Make do and mend” strategies for your business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advice for getting more mileage out of existing assets and repairing what isn’t working as well as it used to  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1197]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[William Beresford             ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th November 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Otto UK, DHL Express]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1202]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th November 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[DSG International, N Brown, Freerangers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1201]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond quantity to quality]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s much more difficult to measure your call centre qualitatively than quantitatively, here are a couple of tips to get you started]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1960]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Adding a “v” to ecommerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Video content can help remove online shoppers’ concerns about products, which in turn can boost your sales]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1961]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Rachel Hawkes                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mothercare gets social in the US, India]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mothercare has expanded its Gurgle social-networking website into the US and India]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1189]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[European ecommerce: one size doesn’t fit all]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You can categorise the European countries into three groups in terms of ecommerce and the willingness to transact cross-border]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1191]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Tim Curtis                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th November 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Next, Home Retail Group, Laura Ashley]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1194]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/11/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eight areas to focus on when localising websites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tailoring ecommerce operations to different markets is akin to building multiple foundations for the same house.  Many site features and services must be rebuilt or at least changed significantly to adapt to national variations in business practices and standards.  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1043]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tips for recruiting and retaining call centre staff]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advice for building a contact centre team]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=147]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Getting down to business-to-business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["The products in my business-to-consumer catalogue include desktop items—paperweights, pens—that I’d like to sell to businesses as well. Do I need a separate b-to-b catalogue or website? What else do I need to consider before moving forward?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1144]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/11/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[B-to-b focus]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[How email can salvage abandoned shopping carts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You can salvage a sizeable amount of those abandoned purchases by getting back in touch with the shoppers, a tactic that CheetahMail has dubbed ReMarketing.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1161]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Twelve tips for avoiding fraud at Christmas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here are a dozen tips to enable you to take advantage of consumers’ Christmas spending while preventing fraudsters from taking advantage of your business.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1162]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Dr Akif Khan                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[How to build an effective online customer community]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When you want input on your business and how to improve it, you should go straight to the source: your customers. And a cost-effective way to do that is by setting up an online customer community. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1163]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The importance of offline marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Remote sellers that rely on the web as their key, if not only, marketing medium hit will sooner or later hit “the digital ceiling”, whereby more online marketing does not generate more results. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1164]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Attinger                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Don’t get lost in translation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While English is a lingua franca of sorts, especially within the EU, studies show that consumers prefer to shop, and be marketed to, in their native language.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1135]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[EU Proposes Simplified Ecommerce Laws]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Proposed EU legislation could make doing business in Europe significantly easier for online merchants. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1156]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[eBid Takes on eBay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As part of its 10-year anniversary, UK-headquartered online auction site eBid.net has launched in the US]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1154]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Lost in translation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advice for translating a website into a foreign language]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=876]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Boden Update: Strong in US, Growing in Germany]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1155]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Time is right for Christopher Ward’s US expansion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1157]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/10/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ECMOD wrap-up: building a better merch plan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As consultant Meg Macmillan sees it, merchants face a conundrum: They can keep their merchandise range relatively tight, which helps define the brand and simplifies stock keeping but also limits their potential audience, or they can broaden their range, ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1137]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[ECMOD wrap-up: actionable website analytics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When sorting through the wealth of website statistics and numbers, it’s important to focus on actionable data that can enable you to improve sales and profitability, rather than figures that are interesting but little else.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1138]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[ECMOD wrap-up: adding retail to the mix]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you’re adding retail to your multichannel mix, take heed of these tips that consultant Fran Weller, formerly of Artigiano and The Cotswold Collection, shared during her presentation at ECMOD]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1139]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[ECMOD wrap-up: online-attack triage]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Three steps of triage to take should you fall victim to an online attack of criticism, snark, or ourtright lies]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1140]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[A closer look: Office suppliers working harder for the money]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The office supplies and computers sector, it seems, is not immune from the ills of the current economy.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1118]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/10/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[B-to-b focus]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th October]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Screwfix, Kesa, Bawdeswell Aquatic & Pets]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1116]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/10/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—3rd September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Business Direct Group, Adili, DSG International]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1040]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/10/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best practice for SEO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Three areas are critical to the success of your search engine optimisation (SEO) programme: site structure, on-page and off-page.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1103]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips for improved email deliverability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Email can be a highly cost-effective marketing tool—assuming your emails make it to their destination. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1104]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Softening the blow of staff redundancies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Human-resources and management consultancy The McLane Group offers nine tips on how to make staff redundant]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1105]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-channel integration: more than web and store]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of talk about how retailers need to integrate their channels if they are to manage their rising costs and meet the needs of their customers. Many businesses do in fact achieve this sort of integration, but all-too-many others don’t. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1106]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steven Hampson                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[TM Lewin takes its website global]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1099]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Cotswold Company springs for an autumn spruce-up]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Autumn is traditionally a season of change. So it’s appropriate that Findel-owned furniture marketer The Cotswold Company has revamped its autumn catalogue and made tweaks to its website as well.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1084]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, NBTY, Julian Graves, Screwfix, Lakeland]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1082]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, Adili, People Tree]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1081]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ideal Shopping Direct, British Red Cross]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1080]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five ecommerce tactics proven to boost holiday sales]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1072]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Maximising on-site search—for Christmas and beyond]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1073]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Michael Klein                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Educating b-to-b buyers before the sale]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1074]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Patrick Rea                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[B-to-b focus]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tips for assessing and managing your carbon footprint]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1075]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Jill Barker                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1076]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—15th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, Asda, Glasses Direct, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1079]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Toast, French Connection, Office Depot]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1078]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, John Lewis, Dunelm, Premier Farnell, Thorntons, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1077]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nearly half of shoppers at UK sites not from UK]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[According to a report from Germany-based payment service provider Pago eTransaction Services, only 45 percent of customers buying from UK online shops are from Britain]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1048]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[MindWare relaunching UK operations]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1049]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CataBLOGue e-business]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Next, John Lewis]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1071]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct Group, Marks & Spencer, Boffer.co.uk, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1045]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—4th September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fat Face, WorldofGood.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1041]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reaping Christmas rewards from comparison-shopping sites]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1032]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Building a better email subject line]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1033]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Six suggestions for more-profitable online payments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1034]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Outsourcing IT overseas? Read this first]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advice for outsourcing IT support overseas]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1035]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Peter Sowerby                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Systems and IT]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1036]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ask the experts: Direct despatch directives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["I am a direct seller of shoes and would like to expand my range without having to increase the stock I keep on hand. Would I be wise to explore direct despatch from the manufacturers?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1430]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/09/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—1st September 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Monster Parties, Mutual Friends]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1039]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/09/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—29th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[job cuts at DSGi, plus John Lewis and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1038]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—28th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Amtrak, Ace]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1037]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—26th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Net-a-Porter, Marks & Spencer, Woolworths]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1031]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JoJo Maman Bebe, Mamas & Papas, Isabella Oliver, N Brown, Toast]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1030]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Slingsby, eBay, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1029]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prep your site for the holiday season]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1024]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Gal Shapira                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Three habits of highly ineffective databases—and how to fix them]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1025]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Data protection and behavioural analysis solutions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1026]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Geoff Sweeney                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1027]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—19th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findel, Baugur, Woolworths]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1028]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to prosper in uncertain times]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1023]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Tony Price                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—15th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asos, Studio, Barbour, People Tree, Nigel's Eco Store]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1022]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—13th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Primondo, Ortak, Hamleys]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1021]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, TheHut.com, UPS]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1020]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct Group, Wilkinsons, Argos, WrapIt]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1019]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—8th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, Wyevale Garden Centres, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1018]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—7th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TK Maxx, Marks & Spencer]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1017]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—5th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[WrapIt, Littlewoods Shop Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1016]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ShopStyle ready for UK launch]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Social shopping” website ShopStyle is crossing the Atlantic to launch in the UK next month. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1005]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The five components of CRM success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=993]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Simon Morris                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketing in a downturn: 12 tips]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=994]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[How to make your affiliates work for you]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=995]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Hall                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Searching through a recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=996]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ivan Izikowitz                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=997]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Build or buy on a budget]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["I have a budget of £5,000; should I choose a web design agency/freelancer, or would off-the-shelf ecommerce software be the best option?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1322]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Small-business spotlight]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Presale consult]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Only 27 percent of shoppers go directly to a merchant’s website when shopping online]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1008]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Halfords.com gears up for web 2.0]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Halfords.com’s new customer-to-customer help-desk tool logged 1,000 queries in its first month. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1009]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ProCook rescued from administration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[the business and assets of kitchen equipment and cookware retailer ProCook, which went into administration at the beginning of the month, have been sold as a going concern]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1010]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—4th August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Boden, Amazon, Toast, Riverford Organic]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1000]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A closer look: Vegging out]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The percentage of Britons who see themselves as comfortably off has fallen from 64 percent of the population in 2006 to 51 percent this year, according to research from Mintel. Rising fuel and food prices combined with higher interest rates have made making ends meet a lot more difficult]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1001]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greetings Direct bids goodbye]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands is shutting continuity greetings-card business Greetings Direct]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1002]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Glasses Direct sees eye to eye with OK! publisher]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eyewear retailer Glasses Direct has teamed with newspaper and magazine publisher Northern & Shell to launch a white-label offering. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1003]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Otto relaunches Freemans, tackles customer debt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[General-merchandise catalogue Freemans, part of Otto UK, unveiled a revamped website on 16th July.  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1004]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Learning to crawl Flash]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google and Adobe are working together to banish a bane of web designers: the inability of search engine spiders to crawl web content created in Flash. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1006]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Goldshield wins SFO case]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has had its application to amend its indictment of Goldshield Group and two of its former directors refused by a trial judge. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1007]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—1st August 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, Kingfisher]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=999]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/08/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—31st July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, Sportsman Gun Centre]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=998]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—30th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Otto UK, Dunelm Group, White Stuff, Kettlewell Colours, Next]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=992]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—29th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, Liz Earle, Redcats]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=991]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—28th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown, Asda, Ebuyer]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=990]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—25th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wrapit, DSGi, Tesco]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=987]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—24th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, Redcats, Amazon]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=985]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Straight, Littlewoods Direct, Glamorous Amorous]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=984]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TM Lewis, HMV, People Tree]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=983]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five steps to a cleaner email list]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean: That mantra is no doubt familiar to anyone who worked at McDonald’s several decades ago. But it also applies to list hygiene]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=974]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Polish your aim with trigger marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=975]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Francis Wallinger             ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer reviews and site search: a beautiful relationship]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=976]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Gal Shapira                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Merchandising: Speeding up the slow boat from China]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=977]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Philip Brown                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=978]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Superbrands, Emma Bridgewater, John Lewis, Oka, Ocado]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=982]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Guy, All the Little Shops, retail spending]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=981]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bertelsmann, BCA, Mothercare, Thorntons, Sugarcraft]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=980]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jessops, Littlewoods, Reading Football Club]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=979]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—14th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fat Face, FedEx, TNT, Goldschield Group, Lakeland, Hotel Chocolat]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=943]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The public domain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ICANN, the organisation responsible for the coordination of the internet’s “system of unique identifiers”, or domain names, has approved a recommendation that could shake up the world of online real estate.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=944]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Another stellar fiscal year for Asos]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Apparently Asos didn’t receive the memo about the country being in the midst of an economic downturn. The online fashion merchant posted a 90-percent leap in annual revenue]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=945]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[N Brown eyes Germany for further growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Multititle mailer N Brown Group will introduce its plus-size womenswear catalogue Simply Be to a German audience]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=946]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shop Direct investing £16 million in ads]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct Group, the parent company of Littlewoods Direct, hopes to have the internet account for 70 percent of total sales by 2011.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=947]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Parcelnet acquires TNT Post courier business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Just days after parent company Otto Group announced that the Parcelnet logistics business would no longer be part of the Otto UK division, Parcelnet acquired the courier business of rival TNT Post]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=949]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheers and jeers for plant mailers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Which? study released in late June of 25 varieties of plants bought from direct sellers found that only six lived up to the claims made in the marketing material.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=954]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jobs to go as Direct Wines moves call centre]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Direct Wines will shift its call centre from Plymouth to its distribution centre in Gloucester by the end of the year. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=955]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Growth keeps International Dance Supplies on its toes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Devon-based dancewear and accessories business International Dance Supplies (IDS) has started work on expanding its premises. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=956]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BRC merges with MOTA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five direct retailers have joined the British Retail Consortium (BRC) in what is effectively a merger of the trade group with the Mail Order Traders’ Association (MOTA)]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=957]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mothercare, ELC to mail cobranded enewsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Having acquired toys retailer/cataloguer Early Learning Centre (ELC) in April 2007, Mothercare is preparing a cobranded email marketing campaign targeting parents of babies and toddlers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=958]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ProCook calls in administrators]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Just two months after announcing a relaunch, kitchen equipment and cookware company ProCook has fallen into administration]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=960]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Breaking down borders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[European consumer commissioner Meglena Kuneva said she was committed to cutting back the “current jungle of complex laws” hampering cross-border trading across Europe.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=961]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conference coverage: Clicking into place]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As if we needed another sign of the importance of ecommerce to the overall retail sector: The Retail Solutions conference included a session titled “What makes a successful transactional site?”]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=962]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, Firebox.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=942]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Back-end improvements for front-end success]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=906]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Allen Scott                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Mainstream adopts multichannel ]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=907]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven marketing tips to help the tough get going]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Technically speaking, we’re not in a recession. The classic definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters without growth. Even so, email solutions provider Silverpop has issued a white paper titled “How to Beat the Bear: Seven Secrets to Recession-Proof Marketing”.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=908]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The case for intelligent automated pricing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From dynamic catalogue management to competitive analysis and successful pricing—an ecommerce site relies on a number of critical business processes.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=909]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Steve Willock                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Systems and IT]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=911]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Managing the production process]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["What advice do you have for better managing our print production schedule on a tight budget?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1149]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/07/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Coopers of Stortford set for retail expansion]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=915]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—2nd July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, M&S, N Brown, Shop Direct Group]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=905]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—1st July 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown, Lulu Sapphire, Lush, Mothercare]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=904]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/07/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bridging the channels]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=902]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nigel Stephenson              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Five tips to keep your website running smoothly during the peak season]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=903]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Owen Garrett                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—30th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[N Brown, Asos, Thompson and Morgan, Shop Direct Group]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=894]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tis the season for a well-crafted plan]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=896]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Iain MacDonald                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Checking your back-office list]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=897]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Richard Dalziel               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Stocking fillers: A sackful of website features and promotions to add to your seasonal offering]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=898]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mix and match: Make sure your business is ready for a cross-channel Christmas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=899]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Bruce Townsend                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No more scary experiences]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=900]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Geoff Galat                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shoring up the systems: How a WMS can help you meet holiday demand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=901]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Jeremy Clouston Jones         ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Direct Wines, website domain names]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=893]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—26th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Littlewoods, DSGi, Borders, Next, Firebox.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=892]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—24th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dorma, Littlewoods, Otto Group]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=891]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=889]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The real cost of a security breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=884]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[David Hobson                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[From high street to world wide web]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=885]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Dr Rolf Elmér                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Five tips for telling a better marketing story]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=886]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Personal service: how to meet customer expectations online]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=887]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Richard Hughes                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[24/06/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mamas & Papas, Anthropologie, "stealth sales"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=890]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Parcelnet, TNT Post, Play.com, Good Gifts Guide]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=888]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—19th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sainsbury's, Hawkin's Bazaar]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=883]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Woolworths, EBTM, Park Group, John Lewis]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=882]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Premier Direct, Bella di Notte, White Company, Wiggly Wigglers, Pentongollan Farm]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=881]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[White Stuff, Asos, Royal Mail, Lands' End, PretaPortobello.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=880]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—13th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asda, David Austin Roses, Adili, People Tree]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=879]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—12th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Argos, Next, Amazon, Oxfam]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=871]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th June 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Corporate Express, Staples, Cotton Traders, Travelmood, TUI Travel]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=870]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Destination high street]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Year-on-year high-street sales declined in May for the second consecutive month, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=855]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lush sister company trials print-mobile-web barcodes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The latest catalogue from cosmetics cataloguer/retailer B Never Too Busy to Be Beautiful features QR barcodes]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=856]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flying brands issues profit warning]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Increased levels of bad debt and a higher returns rate at Greetings Direct have forced home shopping group Flying Brands to warn on profits. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=857]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Littlewoods group rebrands, CDMS becomes independent]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Littlewoods Shop Direct Group has rebranded, changing its name to Shop Direct Group.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=858]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Findel overhauls recruitment strategy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite seeing profits double and sales from continuing operations rise 16 percent, multibrand marketer Findel described its results for the fiscal year ended 31st March as “disappointing”. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=859]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobilis upgrades web and catalogue operations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To “take advantage of changing procurement patterns”, Mobilis invested £2 million in new software including the purchase of an ecommerce platform]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=860]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New IT platform for Direct Wines International]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The international division of Direct Wines has chosen the Microsoft Dynamics AX IT platform and Omnica MCR solution to power its back-end processes. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=861]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Celebrity tie-ups boost Regatta]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Oddie, Janet Street Porter,  Michaela Strachan, and ex-Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan have given Manchester-based outdoor clothing company Regatta a lift. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=862]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For those who like to rabbit about books]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BookRabbit.com launched in May with a product offering of 4.2 million book titles, promoting lower-than-Amazon prices on “the top 100,000 titles”. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=863]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Electrocomponents targets web for growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[UK-based electronics distributor Electrocomponents, which operates RS Components in more than 25 countries including the UK, is turning its attention to the web ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=864]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dolphin Music launching music magazine, catalogue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Musical instruments retailer Dolphin Music will launch a quarterly magazine in September 2008 to increase customer loyalty and reach a new audience. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=865]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four ways to build a better online shopping cart]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=848]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PCI DSS: comply or die]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=849]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Chris Barling                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shoppers’ five key priorities and how to satisfy them]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=850]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=851]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Your systems supplier shopping list]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["We are a multichannel reseller looking to replace our mail order and web front-end systems and to implement an electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) solution over a growing number of stores." ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=873]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Going for brokers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Since launching our catalogue three years ago, we’ve relied on word of mouth and search marketing to gain customers. We’re now ready to prospect via rental lists, but we don’t know how to go about finding a list company to work with. What should we consider when shopping for a list broker?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1143]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 tips for a cracker of a Christmas online]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=440]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Chris Barling                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/06/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th May 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JML, People Tree, Clothkits]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=838]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fan networks: busting myths, boosting the bottom line]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=829]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recasting the webmaster’s role]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=830]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Robert Bredlau                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Six questions to ask when shopping for network security]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=831]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spreading the text message about delivery]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=832]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Jeremy Cornwall               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=833]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—23rd May 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mothercare, Argos, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=837]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd May 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Toast, Dwell]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=836]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st May 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bookrabbit, Corproate Express, Lyreco]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=835]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—20th May 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Staples, Corporate Express, Marks and Spencer, Fat Face]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=834]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Henry Schein strengthens UK presence]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Minerva Dental Ltd has been acquired by US-based medical and dental supplier Henry Schein for an undisclosed sum.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=817]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sound Control out of tune]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sound Control Group, the £50 million musical instrument retailer, has gone into administration]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=818]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Glasses2You improves efficiency with lab move]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Glasses2You, the online spectacles retailer, has moved production to a new laboratory to help speed up the time it takes to fulfil customer orders]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=819]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Express sells printing subsidiary to focus on office supplies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Office supplies merchant Corporate Express is selling its Veenman printing subsidiary to Xerox ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=820]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ironmongery Direct raises £9,000 for charity]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=821]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon creates hundreds of jobs in Swansea]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=822]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Glimmers of hope]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ready for some good news? Multichannel marketers including Next, N Brown and Asos.com recently released financial statements, and the figures weren’t dire. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=807]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The future of the web: “personal, portable and collaborative”]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=794]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the most of e-catalogues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=795]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Google never generates demand”: why match-backs matter]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=796]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No rules to engagement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=797]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=798]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th May 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Oka, Dolphin Music, Argos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=793]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Looking east]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["I’ve noticed an increase in website visits from people in Poland, Russia and several other Eastern European countries. How should I go about researching whether it would be worth my while to create country-specific websites or catalogues for those markets?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1319]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Blog rolling]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["After reading so much about the benefits of social networking, I’m thinking we should add a blog to our ecommerce site, which sells outdoor apparel. How should I get started, and what are the potential pitfalls?" ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1142]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recession-proof web analytics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=764]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Eran Ben Sabat                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Six steps for pumping up your promotion power]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=765]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[You don’t rent out your list? What are you waiting for?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=766]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Jackson                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A fulfilling partnership]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=767]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sue Randall                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/04/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=768]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—22nd April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hackers, Hush, Lakeland]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=762]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[22/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—21st April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Otto Group, My-wardrobe.com, Arcandor]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=761]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[21/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Adili, Asos, Arcandor]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=760]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—17th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Amazon, Findel, Neckermann]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=759]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—16th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Corporate Express, JJB, Ethel Austin]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=758]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—15th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tesco, Abel & Cole, Debenhams]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=757]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four not-so-obvious ways to improve your email campaigns]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=732]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/04/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[What to consider when assessing third-party call centres]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=733]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking measure of website effectiveness]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=734]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=735]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—14th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Howies, Topshop]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=756]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[14/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thorntons, Barbour]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=755]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—10th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[DSG International, Ikea, Maestro cards]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=754]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Funding helps secure Technofit’s future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fitness equipment marketer 3C Leisure, which operates Technofit.co.uk, has secured £350,000 of funding. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=740]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Farnell ends fiscal year strongly]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Leeds-based electronics distributor Premier Farnell has unveiled strong results for the fourth quarter and financial year ended 3rd February.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=742]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Joules “living the good life”]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Joules Clothing—ECMOD winner in the Women’s Apparel and Accessories category—has refreshed its website, adopting the theme “Living the good life”.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=743]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed results from fashion/homewares retailers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[French Connection, Laura Ashley and Next all disclosed their year-end results last month, and all said they were hit by or expect to feel the pinch of a general downturn in consumer spending.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=744]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Web sweep finds the majority of sites complying]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published its report following the “web sweep” of 350 ecommerce retailers it carried out with Trading Standards Services before Christmas. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=745]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—7th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Evans Cycles, Google, Ocado, Kingfishe]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=729]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—4th April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mothercare, Stella McCartney, TradingDepot.co.uk]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=728]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—3rd April 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kingfisher, Woolworths, Abercrombie & Fitch]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=727]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine steps for affinity-marketing success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=714]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Six keys for improving cross-selling on your site]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=715]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=716]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping tabs: the website KPIs you need to monitor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=713]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—27th March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Screwfix, Laura Ashley, Charles Tyrwhitt, and more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=712]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rapid Racking acquired by Manutan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ECMOD Award winner in the "Best Business to Business mail order organisation in the Warehouse, Materials Handling, Packaging" category Rapid Racking has been acquired by France-based Manutan Group.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=705]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ECMOD Awards: And the winners are...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ECMOD Awards: Celebrating business performance in 2007]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=671]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five keys to email marketing 2.0]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=675]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The web, currency and overseas expansion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=676]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic Insight        ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips for winning friends on the social-web playground]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=677]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Will Beresford                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The case for outsourcing fulfilment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=678]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Hewitt                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=679]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Online PR: reactive and proactive]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=624]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Interrogating devices to prevent online fraud]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=625]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Merchandising—and maximising—search]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=626]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[“Surfing” for customers with Fat Face]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=627]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=628]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=684]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—18th March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dwell, Figleaves, Plumbword, and more ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=686]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup: 12th March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[French Connection, Systemax, Primondo, CNP fraud]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=680]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mydeco.com, JD Williams]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=674]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup: 10th March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lush, Casual Male Group, Figleaves.com, PC World, Out of Eden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=673]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—6th March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[John Lewis, Littlewoods, Amber Square]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=668]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips to improve your search marketing results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=660]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ken McGaffin                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The Recommendation Generation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=661]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Val Walker                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Three common fulfilment errors and how to fix them]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=662]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting to know the faceless customer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=663]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[John Squire                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/03/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=664]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup: 3rd March 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Royal Mail, Marks & Spencer, Next, Figleaves.com]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=666]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News Roundup—28th February 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Laura Ashley, Moss Bros, Argos]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=659]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News Roundup—27th February 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shop Direct Group, Office Depot, Crew Clothing, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=658]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News Roundup—25th February 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Figleaves, Kurt Geiger, Google]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=657]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Affinity direct marketing: the next step in catalogue marketing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=583]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nick Howse                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/02/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—11th February 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Elvi, Empire Stores, Wiggly Wigglers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=622]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup—7th February]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[RS Components, Vital Beauty, Linley]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=620]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup 6th February]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[eBay, Goodone.co.uk, Boden]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=609]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup 5th February]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mydeco.com, more]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=608]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: The cost of a customer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["How do I determine how much money I can spend on acquiring a customer? I don’t want to increase my sales and customer file at the expense of my bottom line."]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=939]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/02/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Greening the paper trail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What you need to know about using recycled-content paper for your catalogues]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=877]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/02/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Fall of an Empire]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Littlewoods Shop Direct Group (LSDG) has added another “big book” catalogue to its holdings—sort of. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=610]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup 4th February]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BrandAlley, Dixons, LK Bennett, White Stuff]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=607]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Checking out shopping carts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["I’ve been reading about persistent shopping carts, floating shopping carts and other types of online shopping carts. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1321]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/02/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[News roundup— 1st February]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mamas & Papas, Travelling Light, Makro, Office Depot, Asda]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=606]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[N Brown chief wins North West Business Leader of the Year Award]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=579]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Market chaser or prey: where does your business fall]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Market chasers and other types of businesses that should be able to ride out a recession]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=584]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/01/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Email 2008: dynamic content, remarketing messages]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=550]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Consumer trends 2008: radical transparency, e-ddiction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=551]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=552]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten features to add to your website this year]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=599]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Both sides now: selling, fulfilment and the next level of multichannel commerce]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=600]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Russell Dorset                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: In-house or outsource PR?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Which do you recommend: an in-house PR manager or an outside PR agency? And should I use a separate agency to handle trade media enquiries?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=872]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/01/2008]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Security 2008: growing sophistication, weakest links]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=549]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/12/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts--3D Secure compliance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Question: We’re thinking of introducing 3D Secure (Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode), but we’re holding back as we don’t feel there is enough consumer information out there to refer our customers to in case they have reservations. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=878]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/12/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[M-commerce inches toward mainstream]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=585]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Douglas McDonald              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=586]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Testing, site optimisation and eight key questions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=544]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Greg Kelton                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Post-holiday search marketing tactics]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=545]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Online service: virtually live]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=546]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sean O’Connell                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecommerce 2008: waxing metrics, waning web 2.0]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=548]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[04/12/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts:  Words of the wise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Is there some sort of magic word count for a product description?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=941]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/12/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Personalised colour printing and the riches of relevancy]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=437]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Yolanda Noble                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/11/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven steps to getting the most from your best customers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=601]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/11/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick takeaways for greater website usability]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=582]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Jeremiah Budzik               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/11/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ignore customer emails at your peril]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=447]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ian Davis                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/11/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Five contingency plan elements to bear in mind]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=602]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Norman Katz                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/11/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=603]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/11/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: Ways to pay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Our website accepts payment only through major credit cards. I’ve been reading about alternative payment methods such as PayPal and Google Checkout. Should I accept other payment methods?"]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=940]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/11/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Make your web ads work harder]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=470]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Derick Hill                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five tips for improving cross-channel integration]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=438]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=439]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=514]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=396]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[23/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing service along with sales]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=512]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Marchai Bruchey               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/10/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Call centres and customer service]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Five steps to proving marketing ROI]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five steps to proving marketing ROI by use of analysis and marketing automation solutions]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=513]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Finding sales in on-site search]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=510]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to bolster your email list]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=468]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nick Pauley                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven tips for cutting data centre costs]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=469]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Best practices for reducing in-house email and web abuse]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=489]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=490]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond the landing page: Three other web pages to perfect]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=393]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Greg Kelton                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waste not, pay not]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=394]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Capturing the offline shopper online]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=395]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ian Davis                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=420]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do you need an email newsletter?]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=426]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nick Pauley                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Credit crunch: Next tightens up, N Brown stays loose]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As Next tightens its credit rules to minimise bad debt, other cataloguers debate whether to follow its lead]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=451]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Miri Thomas                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Postal strikes set to continue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Further to the Communication Workers Union`s (CWU) strikes against Royal Mail on 5th-6th October and 8th-9th October, a rolling programme of strikes will begin the week of 15th October]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=452]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Penny Plain collapses again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Less than six months after it was bought out of administration by a team of entrepreneurs, Penny Plain has failed again. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=454]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twelve tips for effective email marketing this Christmas]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=486]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Tink Taylor                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why m-commerce has a long way to come]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=487]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Ian Davis                     ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After the online gold rush]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=488]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Matthew Tod                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tips for employing temporary workers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=511]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Why you shouldn’t overlook location data and demographic profiling]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=417]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Rachael Mackwell              ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[List, media and circulation]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[3D Secure: an update]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=418]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Vince Holt                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Create a buzzword, boost your search engine results]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=419]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Gary R. Beal                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to write that all-important first email newsletter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=528]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Nick Pauley                   ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips to improve your customer relationships]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=529]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sean O’Connell                ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Customer recruitment and retention]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[What “flick to click” means to your business]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=530]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Peacock                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[25/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer-friendly delivery options: a competitive edge?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=448]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Insight                       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/09/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fulfilment, delivery and distribution]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[NPV and the case for on-site reviews]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=449]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sam Decker                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=450]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Multichannel marketing and multichannel forensics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=442]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Kevin Hillstrom               ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kick-start your copywriting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=443]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mel Henson                    ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/09/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Print creative and production]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Why your catalogue may look better naked]]></title>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=444]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[James Pritchard-Barrett       ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[03/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[O lucky man]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It took hard work as well as luck for Johnnie Boden to build his business. Now, with a foray into Germany—not to mention Walton-on-Thames—he’s looking to keep the business growing]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1901]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger                 ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/08/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Direct sales: patchy sun, with grey clouds looming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Children and holidaymakers aren’t the only ones singing, “Rain, rain, go away”. So are many retailers, as one of the soggiest summers in memory has dampened consumers’ desire to buy barbecue grills and swimsuits.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=373]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Sherry Chiger and Miri Thomas ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/08/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Otto backs Oli with media fanfare]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A cross-platform campaign has kicked off to promote Otto UK’s latest brand, Oli. A full online advertising campaign, which includes search marketing and social networking, will run alongside offline media.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=377]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[06/08/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten tips on getting your website ready for Christmas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=416]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Mario Thomas                  ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/07/2007]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce and email]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the experts: The price of free postage]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["I’m thinking of offering free postage as a promotion to help shift end-of-season stock, but I’ve heard some people say that once you do, customers are unwilling to pay for p&p in the future." ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=1320]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/04/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burnett named as new MD at The White Company]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pat Burnett appointed as managing director at The White Company]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=122]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Warehouse Express recruits Stewart Fielder]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Warehouse Express, the photographic retailer, has launched a new corporate sales division]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=108]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ailes joins LK Bennett]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=111]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Media selects Schönau]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Axel Schonau, has been appointed as chief business development manager at Global Media]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=112]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obituary: Gary Comer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gary Comer, Lands` End founder, died on October 4, 2006]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=92]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spark buys Elvi]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Langholm Capital and former White Company MD, Oliver Spark, have acquired Elvi. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=100]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OFT action against Dutch mail order company]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Office of Fair Trading has used cross-border powers for the first time, to raise an action in Holland against a Dutch mail order company. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=103]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Argos tests Post Office delivery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, the Argos Retail Group has changed its name to Home Retail Group as it prepares itself for demerger from Experian this month. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=105]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alan Giles joins Fat Face]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Alan Giles, former CEO at HMV, has joined Fat Face as non-executive chairman.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=107]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[02/10/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New UK MD for Brady]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greg Anapol has been appointed UK managing director for Brady Corporation Ltd]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=113]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[JoJo strengthens team]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[JoJo Maman Bebe recruits HR manager and two designers]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=114]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Promotion at Corgi]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Corgi promoted Claire Jeffs-Watts to the position of direct marketing manager]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bakker parent appoints Nind]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Adrian Nind takes the helm at Plantiflor Ltd, parent company of Bakker UK]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Two appointments at Warehouse Express]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Warehouse Express has named Julian Wright as marketing director and Ted Westlake as operations director.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evans promoted to MD at Kitbag]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kitbag.com promotes Ray Evans to managing director. ]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lindy names baker for sales role]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Baker has been named sales manager for Lindy UK. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=119]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New ops director for Thorntons]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Barry Bloomer is named operations director at Thorntons.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gent moves to Fresh Vision]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Gent joined Fresh Vision as art director. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=121]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Board Members for The Catalogue Exchange]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[David Robinson, marketing director, The Webb Group (Webb Ivory) and Mark Wilby, IT and mail order manager, Nauticalia, have been appointed to The Catalogue Exchange’s advisory ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=91]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[29/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Joules strengthens team]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Joules Clothing has strengthened its management team with the appointments of four directors. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=97]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[04/09/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Otto UK announces appointments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Otto UK appoints commercial director and a brand director for Freemans]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=123]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/08/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Borders confirms departure of Ferrier]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Borders confirms that Cathy Ferrier resigned from her position of commercial and supply chain director. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=124]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[31/08/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Findel welcomes Hawker to the board]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Hawker has joined the board of Findel as an independent non-executive director. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=125]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[31/08/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waterstone's boosts internet team]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rachael Swindlehurst has been named internet marketing manager at Waterstone’s]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=126]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[31/08/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fox quits Comet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simon Fox has resigned from the position of chief operating officer of Kesa Electricals]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[31/08/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Golland joins The Gluttonous Gardener]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Gluttonous Gardener hires Sally Golland]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=129]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[30/08/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thane appoints commercial analyst]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thane Direct appoints commercial analyst]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=130]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[Catalogue e-business          ]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/08/2006]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flying Brands acquires Greetings Direct]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying Brands, the parent company of Flying Flowers, Gardening Direct, Garden Bird Supplies, Listen2Books and Silverminds Direct, has bought Greetings Direct ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog-biz.com/articles_details.asp?DocId=143]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Burrows moves to M and M]]></title>
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