Mark Group to Close Charles Keath
To focus solely on growing its Boston Proper women's apparel title, The Mark Group plans to shut its Charles Keath gifts catalog early next year. Charles...
Hardly an Auspicious Start
Most experts agree that consumers are beginning to feel optimistic about an economic recovery. But you wouldn't know it from first-quarter results of...
A Lower Cost of Capital
When investment professionals discuss the benefits of taking a company public, they often home in on the lower cost of capital. Historically, price/earnings...
2003 CATALOG AGE 100: Bigger and Better
If the Catalog Age 100 is any indication, the economy may be on the road to recovery — albeit slowly. Sixty of the companies on this year's list...
The New Trend: Catalogers Turning Private
Eyebrows raised when San Francisco-based gifts cataloger RedEnvelope filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Chinaberry Makes Cuts, Lays Off President
Pressured by its bank to turn a profit this year, books and gifts mailer Chinaberry in early June laid off president Gary DeMaine. Ed Ruethling, an owner...
Financial Reports: Guitar Center, Gaiam, Sportsman's Guide
Guitar Center Singing a Happy Tune Second-quarter catalog and Internet sales climbed 30% at Guitar Center (Nasdaq: GTRC), while the cataloger/retailer’s...
Financial Reports: Office Depot, Zones, J. Jill
2Q Growth for Office Depot Although second-quarter catalog sales at Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) declined, the Delray Beach, FL-based cataloger/retailer nonetheless...
Matrix Group Acquires Rights to The Female Athlete
Safety Harbor, FL-based multititle sporting goods cataloger Matrix Group Ltd. acquired the intellectual property of Catalog Group, marketer of The Female...
Spiegel to Shut Two Facilities, Lay Off 680 Workers
Downers Grove, IL-based Spiegel, which operates the Spiegel and Newport News catalogs and the Eddie Bauer catalogs and stores, said on July 24 that it...
Strong 2Q for PC Connection
A 10% rise in second-quarter sales helped Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection (Nasdaq: PCCC) to more than quadruple its income for the quarter. For the...
Financial Reports: Amazon, Black Box, NBTY
Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Quarter The second-quarter net loss for Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) was less than half what it had been last year, in conjunction...
Blair 2Q Income Falls Despite Sales Boost
Increases in the cost of goods sold and advertising expenses ate into second-quarter net income at Blair Corp. (AMEX: BL). Despite a 5% boost in revenue,...
Financial Reports: Grainger, Transcat, Boise
2Q Sales Down, Earnings Up for Grainger The Lab Safety division of industrial supplier Grainger (NYSE: GWW) reported a 7% increase in second-quarter sales....
Improved Results for Sport Supply Group
Though annual net revenue dipped at Dallas-based b-to-b sporting goods cataloger Sport Supply Group (OTCBB: SSPY), the company managed to improve profitability,...
Boise Cascade to Buy OfficeMax
Paper products manufacturer and office supplies marketer Boise Cascade Corp. (NYSE: BCC) announced on July 14 that it has agreed to buy office supplies...
Four Wheel Drive Hardware Buys Performance Products
Four Wheel Drive Hardware, which mails three catalogs selling after-market Jeep parts and accessories, bought Lash International, which owns cataloger...
June Sales Roundup
June sales for most of the publicly traded marketers tracked by CATALOG AGE heated up from the previous year. For example, catalog sales at San Francisco-based...
Early Childhood Manufacturer’s Direct Puts Catalog into Play
After eight years as an online-only marketer of furniture for preschoolers, Early Childhood Manufacturer’s Direct (ECMD) has introduced a print catalog....
Lillian Vernon Sale Complete
It’s official. On July 2, Rye, NY-based Lillian Vernon Corp. completed the merger transaction approved by its stockholders on June 23rd in a $60.5 million...
Mark Group to Close Charles Keath Catalog
Wanting to focus on accelerated growth of its Boston Proper women’s apparel title, The Mark Group plans to shut its Charles Keath catalog early next year....
Taylor Corp. Acquires G. Neil
Nearly a year after parent company Centis filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, human-resources products cataloger G. Neil Cos. was sold to Taylor...
Petals Working Through Chapter 11
Although cataloger/retailer Petals filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 21, president/CEO Richard Belenski insists that the company isn't...
Bulls and Bears: Catalogers Outperform the S&P 500
Ticker symbol Company Price as of 6/5/03 52-week high 52-week low % price change last month Revenue per share T4Q % total debt/total capital DIRECT TO...
Demco Books Itself an Acquisition
Longtime rivals in the library-supplies market, Demco and Gaylord Direct are now part of the same company. Madison, WI-based Demco in May acquired Liverpool,...
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