HoneyBaked Ham’s E-mail Recipe

IF EVER THERE WAS A MULTICHANnel merchant, it’s the HoneyBaked Ham Co.

The venerable firm sells home-style food through catalogs and over 300 retail outlets, relying on e-mail to communicate with customers. But it uses the medium differently in each channel.

Last December, for example, the Detroit-based company launched The Roundtable, an e-mail newsletter featuring holiday entertaining tips. Two issues have been sent to 70,000