Calyx & Corolla for Sale Again
Less than three years after Equity Resource Partners bought Calyx & Corolla from now-defunct retail consolidator Gerald Stevens, the flowers and plants...
Sony Buys Sonic Foundry
Culver City, CA-based Sony Pictures Digital (SPD) is buying Sonic Foundry, a Madison, WI-based manufacturer/marketer of software for audio and video production,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Aristotle Acquires Haan Crafts
Stamford, CT-based educational, health, and agricultural products manufacturer/marketer Aristotle Corp. is sewing as well as reaping: On May 31 the company...
Calyx & Corolla on the Block
Vero Beach, FL-based flowers and plants cataloger Calyx & Corolla is for sale. Its owner, investor group Equity Resource Partners, bought Calyx from now-defunct...
Good News, Bad News in the First Quarter
For pessimists at business-to-business and computer catalogers, the first quarter of 2003 provided plenty to moan about. The demand for PCs and software...
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...
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