In the Swim Buys Poolside Express
West Chicago, IL-based discount pool supplies cataloger In the Swim bought the assets of Montgomery, IL-based rival cataloger Poolside Express. Terms...
Office Depot Offers $875 Million for French Office Supplies Firm
Cataloger/retailer Office Depot has offered to buy the French office supplies business of Guilbert SA for $875 million in a deal that would double the...
J. Crew Revises Fourth Quarter, Annual Results
Having made the strategic decision to clear inventory at the end of each selling season, apparel cataloger/retailer J. Crew Group has revised its net...
Bankruptcy Court Approves FAO Reorganization Plan
On April 7, cataloger/retailer FAOreceived confirmation of its plan of reorganization from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The...
Chiasso Sold for $700,400
Talk of profitability is rolling off the tongue of the new owner of Chicago-based Chiasso--just months after the company's January Chapter 11 filing....
March Retail Sales Down 0.7%
March 2003 retail sales were 0.7% lower than sales for March 2002, according to a survey by information services firm ShopperTrak. The survey also showed...
Zones Buys Corporate PC Source
Renton, WA-based computer reseller Zones has acquired technology products and services provider Corporate PC Source (CPCS). Terms of the deal, which was...
Grainger's Lab Safety Supply Gets Gempler's
Maintenance, repair, and operating supplies giant Grainger is getting even bigger. The Chicago-based marketer on Feb. 14 agreed to buy business-to-business...
Bulls and Bears: Quiet Amid the Storms
Ticker symbol Company Price as of 2/24/03 52-week high 52-week low % price change last month Revenue per share T4Q % total debt/total capital DIRECT TO...
Modest Fourth-Quarter Improvements
Given how dismal the fourth quarter of 2001 had been, what with the aftermath of 9/11 and the recession, you'd expect that fourth-quarter results for...
Catalog Analysis: Demystifying the B-to-B Financial Model
The business-to-business catalog financial model is quite similar to the consumer counterpart we discussed last column (Understanding Catalog Financial...
Venus to Ultama: See You in Court
On March 28, Jacksonville, FL-based swimwear and sportswear cataloger Venus Swimwear sued Ultama Swimwear, also based in Jacksonville, charging that Ultama...
Panache Assets Set for Auction
The remaining assets of Panache, the now-defunct catalog of home-entertaining accoutrements, are scheduled to be auctioned on April 10. Founded in fall...
Hanover Reduces Loss from Continuing Operations
Multititle mailer Hanover Direct (Amex: HNV) reported a net loss of $9.1 million for the year ended Dec. 28, compared with a net loss of $5.8 million...
Mark, Fore & Strike Sold
On March 21, a management group led by The Mark Group senior vice president of merchandising Larry Autrey purchased the Mark, Fore, & Strike division...
J. Crew Ends Year Further in the Red
Apparel cataloger/retailer J. Crew broke the string of solid sales and earnings reported by cataloger/retailers such as Coldwater Creek, Brookstone, and...
Williams-Sonoma to Debut Teen Title
A year after launching the West Elm catalog, multititle cataloger/retailer Williams-Sonoma is debuting PBteen. The latest catalog in the Pottery Barn...
Financial Reports: Alloy, Brookstone, Restoration Hardware
Alloy Ends Year in the Black Cataloger and promotional services provider Alloy (Nasdaq: ALOY) reported net income of $23.3 million for the year ended...
Jos. A. Bank Banks Quarterly, Annual Gains
Men’s apparel cataloger/retailer Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (Nasdaq NM: JOSB) closed out the fourth quarter and its year in style. Net income for the year...
Spiegel Files for Chapter 11
Throughout 2003, news from The Spiegel Group has been fast and furious—none of it good. The latest: On March 17, the company filed for Chapter 11. Because...
Financial Reports: Coldwater Creek, Urban Outfitters
Coldwater Posts Profit for Quarter, Year Women’s apparel cataloger/retailer Coldwater Creek (Nasdaq: CWTR) posted a profit for the fiscal quarter and...
Chiasso Gets an Offer
Two months after Chicago-based cataloger/retailer Chiasso filed Chapter 11 and announced it would close 10 of its 14 retail stores, the company has signed...
L.L. Bean to Pay $13 Million in Bonuses
Although sales at apparel and sporting goods cataloger L.L. Bean fell $70 million last year—to $1.07 billion from $1.14 billion in 2001--the company is...
Spiegel Appears Near Chapter 11
For The Spiegel Group, the news continues to go from bad to worse. On March 11, the cataloger/retailer announced that it is being forced to pay back investors...
Miles Kimball Sold to Blyth
(Catalog Age) Eight months after parent company Sun Capital Partners announced its intent to sell Miles Kimball, the Oshkosh, WI-based gifts and home...
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