Bulls and Bears: Few Treats for Catalogers in October
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Fall Falls Flat for Mailers
If you're hoping that fall sales trends will indicate what sort of holiday season catalogers will have this year well, you might have better luck looking...
Benchmark Report on Critical Issues and Trends
If prospective entrepreneurs have any illusions about the glamour of owning or running a catalog business, reading the findings of Catalog Age's exclusive...
Third-Quarter Deals Drop Off Slightly
Twenty-two deals involving catalogers were completed this past third quarter, a 24% decline from the 29 transactions that closed during the third quarter...
Federated Finally Sells Figi's, Arizona Mail Order
Nine months after putting its Fingerhut Cos. titles on the market, Federated Department Stores has sold the Figi's and Arizona Mail Order catalogs to...
More Layoffs Likely at L.L. Bean
With sales down by at least 10% for the year, Freeport, ME-based L.L. Bean has started scaling back its workforce. In late October the $1.14 billion apparel...
Golfsmith Sale to Drive Growth
With growth as a mandate, $240 million golf equipment cataloger/retailer Golfsmith sold a majority stake to New York-based private equity firm First Atlantic...
Equity Firm Buys Potpourri Holdings
During the past four years, Potpourri Holdings has acquired seven catalogs, bringing its stable of titles to 10. But in October, the Medfield, MA-based...
Critical Issues Roundtable: Not Sleepless in Seattle
It's a scary world out there for catalogers. In addition to the economic doldrums with which all marketers have to contend, mailers have to worry about...
Catalog Analysis: Ouch! Viewing a Hit to the Bottom Line
It's a fact that most catalogers are continually striving to improve profitability. And with today's ever-increasing costs, it behooves us all to understand...
Report: Miles Kimball on the block
Gifts and housewares cataloger Miles Kimball is reportedly being auctioned off by Chicago-based investment bank Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, according...
Financial reports: J. Crew, Alloy
J. Crew posts 3Q loss Apparel cataloger/retailer J. Crew Group lost $655,000 for the three months ended Nov. 2. For the comparable period of last year,...
Financial reports: Limited Brands, Sharper Image, Restoration Hardware, and more
3Q net income plunges at Limited Brands Columbus, OH-based Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD), the parent company of women’s apparel cataloger/retailer Victoria’s...
Financial report: Talbots, Brookstone
Talbots 3Q catalog sales down, total sales up Third-quarter net income at Hingham, MA-based apparel cataloger/retailer The Talbots (NYSE: TLB) increased...
SkyMall for sale?
Inflight co-op cataloger SkyMall could be for sale again. At a shareholders meeting on Nov. 19, Jeff Shell, the new chief executive of SkyMall parent...
Financial reports: Staples, Williams-Sonoma, Jos. A. Bank
Staples 3Q profits up 40% Office products cataloger/retailer Staples (NasdaqNM:SPLS) posted net income of $128 million for the three months ended Nov....
Financial reports: Dell, Urban Outfitters, Vermont Teddy Bear
Record profits for Dell Round Rock, TX-based Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) appears to have emerged form the high-tech slump quite nicely, thank you....
Financial roundup: School Specialty, Tiffany
Double-digit sales, income growth for School Specialty Multititle educational supplies marketer School Specialty (Nasdaq: SCHS) enjoyed an 18% rise in...
Financial reports: Penney, Sportsman's Guide
Top-rate bottom-line performance for Penney Third-quarter catalog sales at general merchandiser J.C. Penney Co. (NYSE: JCP) were down 21%--but so what?...
Hanover narrows loss
Multititle cataloger Hanover Direct (AMEX: HNV), whose titles include plus-size title Silhouettes, home products title Improvements, and linens book Domestications...
Gaiam sales up on lower circulation
Despite reduced catalog circulation, healthy living products marketer Gaiam (Nasdaq: GAIA), which mails the Real Goods and Healthy Lifestyle catalogs,...
October sales roundup
The days become shorter and cooler in October, the leaves start to fall off the trees, and catalog sales start to pick up in anticipation of the holidays....
Financial reports: NBTY, Excelligence
Healthy fiscal year for NBTY For its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, nutritional supplements manufacturer/marketer NBTY (Nasdaq: NBTY) reported net sales...
Financial reports: Henry Schein, Systemax
Double-digit gains for Henry Schein Not only did Henry Schein increase its third-quarter sales 15%, but the cataloger of medical, dental, and veterinary...
Mrs. Beasley's acquires manufacturer
Baked goods manufacturer/marketer Mrs. Beasley's has acquired bread manufacturer Buona Forchetta. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Buona Forchetta's...
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