Financial Reports: School Specialty, Collegiate Pacific
Fiscal second-quarter revenue for Greenville, WI-based School Specialty (Nasdaq: SCHS) rose 8%, to $361.5 million for the three months ended Oct. 23. ...
Chef's Catalog Sold
San Francisco-based private equity firm JH Partners acquired $75 million Chef's Catalog from Dallas-based Neiman Marcus Group. ...
Net Income Falls at Excelligence
Lower sales in its elementary business and tighter margins in its early childhood division caused Monterey, CA-based Excelligence Learning Corp. (Nasdaq: LRNS) to report modest revenue growth for the quarter but lower earnings...
Sportsman's Guide 3Q Earnings Up Nearly 51%
Internal growth and its June acquisition of golf marketer TGW led South St. Paul, MN-based The Sportsman's Guide to record third-quarter results. ...
Transcat Ends Quarter in the Red
Rochester, NY-based Transcat (Nasdaq:TRNS), a manufacturer/marketer of test, measurement and calibration equipment, enjoyed a 5% increase in sales for the quarter ended Sept. 25. ...
Current Buys Colorful Images from Concepts Direct
On Sept. 11, Longmont, CO-based multititle cataloger Concepts Direct sold its most profitable title, stationery mailer Colorful Images, to Colorado Springs,...
Illuminations Bounces Back from Bankruptcy
With a new owner and a new lease on life, Petaluma, CA-based candles cataloger/retailer Illuminations is back in the mail. The company, which filed for...
Financial Update: Enjoying a Solid Second Quarter of Growth
Most 81% of the publicly traded consumer catalogers tracked by Catalog Age showed top-line improvement during the second quarter, about the same as last...
Financial Reports: Cabela's, Zones, DWR, More
Third-quarter net income at outdoor sporting goods cataloger/retailer Cabela's (NYSE: CAB) increased 61%, to $16.5 million for the three months ended Oct. 2. ...
Financial Reports: Schein, RedEnvelope
Third quarter net income at Melville, NY-based Henry Schein fell 29% to $31.5 million, down from $44.3 million last year. ...
Strong Opening Day for Shopping.com
Brisbane, CA-based online comparison shopping site Shopping.com debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange Monday with an initial public offering of $18 per share. ...
Financial Reports: Amazon, PC Connection, 1-800-Flowers
Westbury, NY-based 1-800 Flowers (Nasdaq: FLWS), whose catalog holdings include country products cataloger Plow & Hearth and gifts title Popcorn Factory, improved its net loss on slightly higher sales. ...
Bloomingdale’s Home Book to Close in January
CATALOG AGE has learned that New York-based Bloomingdale's by Mail is closing its home book...
Financial Reports: Office Depot, CDW
Delray Beach, FL-based Office Depot, which mails the Viking Office Products family of catalogs, reported slightly higher sales but lower earnings ...
Celebrate Express Goes Public
On Oct. 20, Kirkland, WA-based party gifts and accessories marketer Celebrate Express joins catalogers such as Williams-Sonoma, Sharper Image, and Cabela’s as a publicly traded marketers. ...
“Challenging” Quarter for Mattel
While El Segundo, CA-based Mattel (NYSE: Mat) characterized its latest quarter as “challenging,” its dolls cataloger/retailer American Girl unit continues to be a bright spot....
Direct Units Lead Way for September sales
September catalog sales ranged from the double–digit gains from San Francisco-based gadgets marketer Sharper Image to more modest sales increases from the likes of Plano, TX-based general merchant J.C. Penney....
Broder Bros. Adds NES Clothing to Its Closet
When Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital acquired Broder Bros. in May 2000, it viewed the wholesaler of imprintable sportswear as a platform...
Casual Male Gets Bigger with Rochester Big & Tall
Hoping to grab a larger share of the more than $5.5 billion big-and-tall menswear market, Canton, MA-based Casual Male Retail Group has agreed to buy...
As We Change Changes Hands
San Diego-based As We Change is operating under new ownership. Manufacturer/marketer Real Health Laboratories, also based in San Diego, purchased the...
Pennsylvania, Taylor Gifts Settle Lawsuit
Pennsylvania attorney general Jerry Pappert on Aug. 24 settled a lawsuit on behalf of the state's Bureau of Consumer Protection against Taylor Gifts....
Financial Update: Spending Rebound Lifts Business Mailers
Following an encouraging first quarter, the publicly traded business marketers tracked by Catalog Age are seeing further evidence of the long-awaited...
August Sales Roundup
Improved catalog sales in the month of August for the publicly traded cataloger/retailers give cause for cautious optimism as consumer marketers gear up for the all-important fourth quarter. ...
Broder Bros. Acquires NES Clothing
Philadelphia-based imprintable sportswear cataloger Broder Bros. announced on Aug. 31 that it has acquired NES Clothing Co., a Middleboro, MA-based regional distributor of imprintable sportswear. Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital, which owns the majority stake in Broder Bros., orchestrated the deal to buy the privately owned NES....
Hanover Direct Going for Growth
The numbers continue to look bad for Edgewater, NJ-based multititle cataloger Hanover Direct, but the outlook appears more promising than it's been in...
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