PARCEL DELIVERY: FEDEX HITS THE GROUND
New consumer ground delivery service aims to compete with UPSTouting itself as a United Parcel Service alternative for ground residential delivery, FedEx
MULTICHANNEL MARKETING: Wine Enthusiast hooks up
Channel integration boosts cataloger’s sales 30%The Wine Enthusiast had good reason to uncork a few bottles at the end of last year: Overall sales for
APPAREL: trends analysis
Selling apparel will never be an easy job. “Just when you think you’ve figured out exactly what your customers want, everything changes – sometimes overnight,”
MULTICHANNEL MARKETING: Sales teams field Web growth
B-to-b mailers emphasize the continued importance of the human touchForrester Research predicts that U.S. b-to-b e-commerce revenue will hit $1.3 trillion
PARCEL DELIVERY: Donnelley Logistics buys CTC
Deal creates a more formidable competitor to United Parcel ServiceWith its Feb. 2 acquisition of CTC Direct Distribution, catalog printer R.R. Donnelley
A sporting chance
Just as there’s more than one way to skin a cat, Dallas-based Collegiate Pacific has found that there’s more than one way to grow a business. For the
The return of J. Peterman?
It’s been a year since $251 million-plus retailer Paul Harris Stores bought the J. Peterman Co. But Paul Harris has yet to relaunch the apparel catalog,
ONLINE AUCTIONS: Going once, going twice…
When it comes to online auctions, consumer Websites such as eBay and Yahoo are grabbing most of the spotlight. But business-to-business auctions are becoming
EXPANSION: NEBS and McBee team up
Acquisition lets both companies add sales channelsBy expanding its product line and introducing a 180-page catalog, business forms marketer McBee Systems
FINANCE: Private money
Investment firms seeking catalogsFor years catalogers have been pleading their case to the investment community: that their established brands and their