Dot.commed out
I thought your December editorial (“In `dot-com’ overload”) was right on! It baffles me how the dot.coms get the evaluations and cash that they do – and
MCM staff
The Genesis curse?
Beleaguered multititle cataloger Genesis Direct (sometimes known as Proteam.com) may have been rescued from bankruptcy when GE Capital agreed in December
DIGITAL LEADERS
CATALOG AGE IS PROUD TO PRESENT the first in a series of bimonthly profiles of catalogers that have implemented a digital production work flow, from prepress
FPO at deadline
GENESIS SELLS CAROL WRIGHT; REST TO FOLLOW As part of its wind-down toward selling off the remains of what was once a 30-title catalog company, Genesis
..with Dave Pimper
This month Catalog Age debuts its “Getting personal” feature, a brief interview with someone in the catalog trenches. Our first subject is Dave Pimper,
Sure, we’ll call you `cranky’
Call me a cranky postal worker (not “disgruntled”), but enough is enough. Every study that’s ever been done about workplace violence has concluded that,
Benchmark 1999: Critical issues
After several years of strong sales, solid profitability, and a thriving economy, catalogers are waiting for the bubble to burst. And a number of them
Flower power
For diet and exercise purposes, our bodies are often compared to fruits. Who hasn’t heard of the dreaded “pear” shape, or the less-than-flattering “apple”?
Pet pick-me-ups
Many catalogers are touting gifts and accessories designed to commemorate the New Year, from Y2K survival kits to year 2000 champagne flutes. But for
Watch out! They’re stealing our workers
We recently had an employee leave us to work for a larger catalog company. We replaced that individual with someone from another catalog. Around the same