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Print & Production

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Instant gratification. That’s what consumers want in the ’90s, and catalogers aim to please. But for years, mailers have been hard-pressed to get their

A license to profit

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The Microsofts, Lotuses, Adobes, and other heavy hitters of the estimated $5.6 billion software industry don’t want you to sell software to business customers

Willis & Geiger up for sale

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Less than four years after acquiring apparel manufacturer Willis & Geiger and transforming it into a catalog, Lands’ End has put the division up for sale.

Inquiring minds want to buy

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Catalog creative consultants always proclaim that “b-to-b doesn’t have to be boring,” yet few business mailers support their claim. But ice chest manufacturer

Adapting to foreign list hygiene

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Many catalogers hope to go global, but that goal requires keeping on top of local legal restrictions, mailing regulations, and merge/purge rules. These

The devil made me do it

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Before we get too caught up in procrastinating on our holiday shopping, it’s time for us to award our favorite Halloween catalog cover. And the lucky

Fighting credit fraud

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Mastercard reports that fraud levels are at their lowest levels in 10 years-about 7.7 cents on each $100 transaction. But according to both Visa and Mastercard,

Potpourri gets Back in the Saddle

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Potpourri Collections, the $35 million parent company of gift catalogs Potpourri and Expressions, and needlecraft titles The Stitchery and Counted Cross

What consumer confidence?

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Despite booming consumer confidence throughout the spring and summer, the second quarter wasn’t particularly encouraging for most of the publicly traded

In search of an ombudsman

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I long have preached the doctrine of having an outsider-someone not involved in product acquisition or product description-check catalog copy for logic.