Financial Reports: PC Mall, Martha Stewart
Backorders Cause Catalog Sales Decline at PC Mall Unfilled backorders of recently introduced products led to a 13% decline in first-quarter catalog sales...
Delia’s Extends Credit Facility, Files for 10-K Extension
Cataloger/retailer Delia’s (Nasdaq: DLIA) has completed an amendment of its loan with Wells Fargo Retail Finance II. The amendment provides for a three-year...
Financial Reports: Sportsman's Guide, Bluefly
Higher Web Sales, Higher Earnings for Sportsman's Guide A higher level of Internet-related sales translated to greater first-quarter profit for The Sportsman's...
Concepts Direct to Go Private
Blaming the added costs of conforming to the Security Exchange Commission's most recent requirements for public companies, Concepts Direct plans to deregister...
Financial Reports: Guitar Center, Zones, Amazon.com
1Q Sales Up at Musician’s Friend First-quarter net sales for Guitar Center (Nasdaq: GTRC) rose 13%, to $287.5 million for the three months ended March...
The Latest from Spiegel: Downsizing Bauer, Reintroducing Credit Cards
Less than two weeks after announcing that it would close 21 Spiegel and Newport News outlet and clearance stores, The Spiegel Group on April 28 announced...
Financial Reports: Blair, PC Connection, NEBS, NBTY
Blair’s 1Q Income Drops 91% First-quarter net sales at apparel and home goods cataloger Blair Corp. (Amex: BL) increased slightly, to $137.0 million for...
Tyrol International to Close
The 2000s haven’t treated European gifts and collectibles cataloger House of Tyrol very well. And after a steady stream of harmful circumstances that...
NEBS to Acquire Check Systems Manufacturer/Marketer
Groton, MA-based multititle office products cataloger New England Business Service (NEBS) on April 24 agreed to buy Dallas-based Safeguard Business Systems,...
1-800-Flowers.com Posts Quarterly Gains
Multititle marketer 1-800-Flowers.com (Nasdaq: FLWS) reported an 8% increase in first-quarter sales. For the three months ended March 30, revenue was...
FAO Again Expects to Merge from Chapter 11
Now you see the financing, now you don't--and now you do again. Multititle mailer FAO once again expects to emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...
Spiegel to Close Outlet Stores
Beginning next month, Spiegel Group intends to close all of its Spiegel outlet and clearance stores and Newport News outlet stores as part of its reorganization...
Lillian Vernon Corp. to be Sold
Rye, NY-based gifts and housewares cataloger Lillian Vernon Corp. (Amex: LVC) agreed to be sold on April 16. A private equity fund managed by New York-based...
Financial Reports: CDW, Sharper Image
Record 1Q for CDW Vernon Hills, IL- based CDW Computer Centers (Nasdaq: CDWC) reported record first-quarter earnings per share and record sales. For the...
Flax Buys Internet Greeting Card Seller
As a means of expanding its greeting cards business, San Francisco-based art supplies and paper cataloger/retailer Flax Art & Design on April 15 bought...
Spiegel Lays Off Another 90 Workers
Spiegel Group subsidiary Distribution Fulfillment Services last week laid off more than 90 workers at its two distribution centers in central Ohio. About...
Will Spiegel Survive Chapter 11?
The first quarter of 2003 hasn't been a stellar one for multititle mailer The Spiegel Group. Even before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on...
Mark, Fore & Strike Sold, Catalog to Make a Comeback
The Mark, Fore & Strike catalog is coming back to the mailbox. On March 21, a management group led by The Mark Group's senior vice president of merchandising,...
Miles Kimball Sold to Blyth
Eight months after parent company Sun Capital Partners announced its intent to sell Miles Kimball, the marketer of moderate-priced gifts and home decor...
Matrix Group Buys Volleyball, Wrestling Catalogs
Matrix Group Ltd., which operates volleyball supplies catalogs Spike Nashbar and Volleyball Express and teen sports apparel title Sweet & Powerful, has...
Martha Restructures Direct Division
On the heels of a disappointing fourth quarter one that saw its black ink change to red Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is restructuring its Internet...
Party Days Over for Panache
Don and Geraldine Hedberg founded the Panache catalog in 1998 as a celebration of parties and good times. The Libertyville, IL-based catalog sold tableware,...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Catalog in Limbo
Until investment capital comes through, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has ceased mailing its gifts catalog. The last book mailed in early December....
Panache Assets Sold at Auction
The intellectual property of the Libertyville, IL-based home decor and entertaining cataloger Panache has been purchased at an auction for $20,000 by...
March Sales Roundup
Like the weather, March sales for the publicly traded catalogers tracked by CATALOG AGE were unpredictable. High-tech gadgets cataloger/retailer Sharper...
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