Lillian Vernon Corporation

Type: Company

Name: Lillian Vernon Corporation

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Freshening Up the Future of Ecommerce

Once upon a time, a couple of companies were earning tens of millions of dollars in ecommerce. They churned along nicely until one day, they stopped being viable businesses.Internet Retailermentioned these companies, Lillian Vernon and Red Envelope, in ... [Published Ecommercebytes.com - May 08 2013]

Entities: Electronic Commerce, Lillian Vernon Corporation, Wendy Lea, Get Satisfaction

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Ex-Im Bank Chairman Hochbergs Confirmation Statement

I would like to thank President Obama for nominating me for a second term as President and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United StatesThe Ex-Im Bank is the official export credit agency of the United States.Â The mission of Ex-Im Bank is to ... [Published Street Insider - May 07 2013]

Entities: Lillian Vernon Corporation, Small Businesses, United States

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Chatham University

Storytelling: Old glass mug filled with family's history tied to slavery fight

After my mother died, I was going through some of her things. In a basket from Lillian Vernon, along with a few other odds and ends I found a tiny glass mug.Inside was a small card, covered in my father's mother's careful script, explaining that the mug ... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 02 2013]

Entities: Slavery, Chatham University, Henry Box Brown, Lillian Vernon Corporation

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Lecture seeks to benefit community

| The Journal GazetteFoerAuthor Jonathan Safran Foer, known for his best-selling novels that were both adapted to the big screen, “Everything Is Illuminated” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” will be in Fort Wayne on Monday.Foer will be speaking ... [Published Journal-Gazette - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Steve Carr, Donations, Lillian Vernon Corporation

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Dreaded midnight tax deadline is approaching

Midnight, right?Technically, I have until midnight to finish doing what I should have done weeks ago -- finish my NCAA pool.No, taxes! I mean complete taxes: federal, state, local, Canadian, Peruvian, Dr. Whovian, whatever.I put it off as long as I could, ... [Published Erie Times-News - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Deadline, Lillian Vernon Corporation, Carlos Mármol, Dave Richards

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...sold for a combined $22 million to new owners, their once prominent eight-figure glory reduced to a line entry on someone else's balance sheet. "In the end the value proposition they offered shoppers just wasn't good enough" Jim Okamura, managing partner of retail consultancy Okamura Consulting, said in the report

Freshening Up the Future of Ecommerce [Published Ecommercebytes.com - May 08 2013]

...our ongoing commitment to continuously enhance the value our clients derive from our software," said Alex Bloom, Co-Founder & President, Velaro. "With the integration we not only improve the productivity of contact center agents but also ensure that those who need support can more expeditiously receive it." Leveraging the Velaro/Avaya integration gives contact centers the ability to better route support inquires to available agents improving contact center...

Velaro Unveils Live Chat Integration with the Avaya Phone System [Published TickerTech.com - May 07 2013]

A century later, a descendant left Ballykelly, Ireland, for the nation where "Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" -- even if you were one of those radical Methodists

Storytelling: Old glass mug filled with family's history tied to slavery fight [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 02 2013]