Catalog news and trends

A New Digital Beginning For Lands’ End
Retail // June 20, 2019

When Jerome Griffith took over the helm at Lands’ End as CEO two years ago, he had been on the verge of actual retirement. But when the opportunity to take over at Lands’ End came up, he decided to extend his tour of duty in...

Amazon Copies Sears, Publishes Holiday Toy Catalog
Amazon // November 07, 2018

Amazon is launching its first-ever printed holiday toy catalog, shipping “A Holiday of Play” to millions of its customers starting this month. “Amazon is excited to offer a new way for customers to shop for toys this holiday season,” Amazon said in a statement, according...

Amazon And Sears — One Of Retail’s Odd Couples
Amazon // September 26, 2018

What’s old is always new again, and what’s new is often so very old. That’s not just the pseudo-intellectual basis of some booze-fueled, impromptu seminar held in a dorm room on Tuesday night because the internet went down. It’s an anchoring principle of modern economics,...

Akeneo Creates CRM For Products
Retail // April 05, 2017

Product management is no small task for retailers. Especially as product catalogs, a once-print-based medium, moved onto the web and more recently into mobile channels. Frédéric de Gombert, CEO of software startup Akeneo, first noticed the problematic methods by which brands managed product inventory information while...

Quick Reads
New WhatsApp Feature Lets SMBs Share Products To Drive Sales

November 07, 2019
WhatsApp business is introducing a new feature to help small businesses interact with customers, according to VentureBeat. The feature is called catalog, and it will help users share a picture, price, description and link to an item. Users can then purchase the item or browse the company’s other products. Catalog launched Thursday (Nov. 7) in […]

Amazon Copies Sears, Publishes Holiday Toy Catalog

November 07, 2018
Amazon is launching its first-ever printed holiday toy catalog, shipping “A Holiday of Play” to millions of its customers starting this month. “Amazon is excited to offer a new way...