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Holiday shoppers will remain thrifty, Deloitte predicts

Upcoming holiday sales will remain flat at about $810 billion, consulting firm Deloitte Services forecasts.

Posted 09/22/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Spartan Internet Consulting adds e-commerce consultant

Spartan Internet Consulting, an e-commerce technology and services consulting firm, has promoted Ryan McPhee to the position of e-commerce consultant.

Posted 08/31/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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E-commerce software developer Znode hires a chief operating officer

Jeff Haskett most recently was an executive at automotive finance company BMW Group Financial Services. Znode recently received a $1.2 million loan from the Ohio Department of Development for a project expected to create 40 jobs.

Posted 04/27/2009Don DavisPost a comment

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Bob Antall leaves LakeWest to form his own consulting company

Robert Antall has left his position as CEO of retail consulting company LakeWest Group to start his own consulting company, C3 Management Consulting. He joined LakeWest as executive vice president in 1994 and became CEO in 2002.

Posted 02/02/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Michael Penney returns to Epsilon to lead consulting and analytics team

Penney will be executive vice president of strategic and analytic services at Epsilon, a multi-channel marketing company. He previously had led the company’s marketing efforts and analytic consulting practice.

Posted 12/03/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Yankee Group cuts 13% of workforce

Yankee Group, one of the nation’s leader e-business consulting firm, lays off 41 workers in all departments, citing slower than expected growth.

Posted 04/03/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

buy.com, ProSavvy offer business services

buy.com and ProSavvy's network of consulting services teamed up on a co-branded web site, powered by ProSavvy and available through buy.com. Through this new online tool in the buy.com business store, buy.com's customers can locate business consultants through an automated selection process that provides detailed profiles on more than 17,000 consultants. The consultants are experts in information technology, Internet & ecommerce, financial...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Tales from the frontlines: Why it pays to check out that consultant's claim before you hire

Annette Zientek, president and founder of Christine Columbus Inc., a Lake Oswego, Ore.-based Internet retailer of travel products for women, was considering whether to hire a business strategy consultant. While the consultant had come highly recommended, Zientek was less than impressed with the project proposal the consultant submitted. “It was sort of vague and quite a lot of money for three months of work,” she says. Zientek then checked with...

Posted 01/31/2001Don DavisPost a comment