Catalog Expert Bill End, And A Few Other Links

A few things for your consideration.

• Multichannel Merchant features an interview with catalog expert Bill End. Mr. End was President/CEO at Lands' End during the majority of my tenure. I was a nobody, yet he listened to and shaped my research. It is a lot of fun to be a nobody and have somebody listen to you. No subsequent experience replaced the rush of those formative years.
  

• Rick Whittington had the opposite view that I had about shopping cart abandonment.

• Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley offers this presentation of where the internet is heading.

• My loyal readers know that I enjoy the Note to CMO Blog. Here are two more contributions:
• Chief Sell-Through Officer.
• Consumers and Marketing.