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Company Spotlight: Doba

by Christina Lee on February 9th, 2009

Last year’s stories of financial success, while rare, all demonstrated how businesses adapted to the economic environment – and in some cases, made themselves indispensible. Doba, a Utah-based software company, offered such a story. Since 2002, Doba has hosted its own marketplace for drop shipping, catering to all aspects of selling products: manufacturing, distributing, and retailing. Its Web site and platform hosts about 1.5 million unique products from more than 250 suppliers, and thus has the potential to create thousands of buyer-seller relationships. “We are exclusively focused on managing that supply, in helping retailers and suppliers simplify that process,” said... Read more »

Back-to-School Sales: What Do They Say of the Holiday Season?

by Christina Lee on November 11th, 2008

In attempts to prepare for the upcoming and largely unpredictable holiday season, retail stores and experts debate whether they can rely again on back-to-school sales figures for answers. Including back-to-college sales, back-to-school spending makes up the second largest retail season of the year. Nielsen predicted, then confirmed through findings that this past season was “shorter but more intense.” Consumers had waited for more aggressive sales and promotions to appear as the first day of school drew near. In anticipation of a slower season, retailers cut back-to-school inventories in anticipation of a slower season, according to The New York Times .... Read more »