Alsto's joins HSN catalog stable
Highland Park, IL-based Dick Blick Holdings wasn't seeking to divest its Alsto's catalog and Web business. But it nonetheless decided in November to sell...
Concepts Direct catalogs live on
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the demise of Concepts Direct's five catalog titles have been greatly exaggerated. According to president Phillip...
New glory days for Old Glory
Rock 'n' roll music merchandise print and Web catalog Old Glory is back in the hands of its original owner. Glenn Morelli who started Old Glory as a boutique...
Boffo sales, so-so earnings for 3Q
Business is booming sort of. Among the 12 publicly traded business-to-business merchants tracked by Catalog Age, all but one posted a rise in third-quarter...
Old Glory Founder Buys Back Catalog Business
You can go home again: The founder of rock-and-roll merchandise marketer Old Glory once again owns the catalog and Website. Last month Glenn Morelli, who had sold the direct division of Old Glory to Alloy in December 2002, bought the properties ...
Popular Club Plan Lays Off 75
According to the New Jersey Department of Labor, Garfield, NJ-based merchandise marketer Popular Club Plan is laying off about 75 employees. ...
Hanover Receives Delisting Notice
The American Stock Exchange has notified Edgewater, NJ-based multititle cataloger Hanover Direct that the mailer may be delisted if it does not comply with quarterly report filing requirements by Dec. 31. ...
Alloy Ends 3Q in the Black
New York-based cataloger and marketing firm Alloy reported a third-quarter profit thanks largely to lower operational and legal expenses and higher net merchandise sales...
Airgas Acquires Two Local Distributors
Welding metals and gasses distributor Airgas completed its 10th and 11th acquisitions of its fiscal year, which began in April....
Direct a Strong Suit for Jos. A. Bank
Combined catalog/Internet sales continue to be strong for cataloger/retailer Jos. A Bank....
November Sales Roundup
The publicly traded multichannel merchants tracked by CATALOG AGE got their first taste of Christmas during the November sales period. Though the direct units for the most part performed admirably, retail performance was another matter....
Financial Update: Strategy Comes into Play
The summer months came and went without much notable deal activity. Just 16 deals were orchestrated in the third quarter. That's up from 13 in last year's...
Chef's Catalog Sold to Private Equity Firm
JH Partners, a private equity firm in San Francisco, has acquired Chef's Catalog from Dallas-based Neiman Marcus Group. The $75 million kitchenware title...
Corner Office, Call Center Changes at Office Depot
Office Depot's Oct. 4 announcement of the departure of chairman/CEO Bruce Nelson did not stun some industry observers. After all, comparable-store sales...
Concepts Direct Catalogs Live On
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the demise of Concepts Direct's five catalog titles have been greatly exaggerated. According to president Phillip Wiland, an article in the Boulder County (CO) "Daily Camera" stating that the $51.6 million mailer would shut its doors at the end of the year was incomplete....
Collegiate Pacific to Acquire Orlando Team Sports
Dallas-based Collegiate Pacific signed a letter of intent to acquire Orlando Team Sports (OTS), a regional distributor of team sporting goods. ...
"Disappointing Quarter" at Blyth
Greenwich, CT-based Blyth, which mails the Walter Drake and Miles Kimball gifts and housewares catalogs, blamed a weak retail environment for its 13% drop in third-quarter profit. ...
Black Friday Results: Good, Bad, So-So
The holiday shopping season got off to a strong start—or was that a lackluster start? It depends on whom you ask. MasterCard reported a 9.3% increase in transactions during the three-day Thanksgiving weekend compared with a year ago. Competitor Visa USA reported an even greater rise in transactions, 14.3%. ...
HSN Improvements Buys Alsto Catalog
St. Petersburg, FL-based HSN Improvements, the catalog subsidiary of cable-TV shopping giant HSN, is acquiring the Alsto catalog and Web business from cataloger/retailer Dick Blick Holdings....
Concepts Direct to Close at Year’s End
CATALOG AGE has learned that Longmont, CO-based multititle cataloger Concepts Direct, which mails the Linda Anderson, The Music Stand, Garfield Stuff, and New Bargains catalog titles, will close at the end of the year....
Financial Reports: Staples, Penney, More
Framingham, MA-based office supplies cataloger/retailer Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS), which includes the Quill and Medical Arts Press catalog divisions, grew its third-quarter sales 12%. ...
1-800-Flowers.com Buys The Winetasting Network
Expanding its gift offerings, Westbury, NY-based 1-800-Flowers.com on Nov. 16 announced its acquisition of The Winetasting Network. ...
More Job Cuts at Office Depot
Two weeks after announcing that it would cut up to 800 call center positions during the next year, Office Depot announced additional layoffs. ...
Financial Reports: Broder Bros., Systemax, Aramark, Bluefly.com
Philadelphia-based Broder Bros., a wholesaler of imprintable sportswear, more than doubled its third-quarter revenue, thanks to two significant acquisitions. Net sales for the three months ended Sept. 25 were $231.3 million...
Hanover Direct to Restate Five Years of Financials
Due to an accounting error relating to the buyer's club programs of three of its catalogs, Edgewater, NJ-based Hanover Direct is restating five years' worth of financial statements. ...
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