Adieu to Rue de France Catalog
It's the end of the road for Rue de France. Direct Holdings Worldwide, the parent company of multititle mailer Lillian Vernon Corp. and the Time Life...
Direct Sales up Slightly at Cabela’s
Cataloger/retailer Cabela's (NYSE: CAB) posted its first financial reports as a publicly-held company. ...
Musician’s Friend Increases Net Sales
Westlake Village, CA-based Guitar Center, (Nasdaq:GTRC) which mails the Musician’s Friend catalog, posted a whopping 98% net income increase to $12.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, compared to net income of $6.2 million for last year. ...
Boise Sells Non-Office Products Assets
(Direct Newsline) Boise Cascade Corp. will sell its paper, forest products, and timberland assets. ...
Financial Reports: Schein, RedEnvelope
Melville, NY-based medical, dental, and veterinary marketer Henry Schein (Nasdaq NM: HSIC) posted a 22% gain in second-quarter net sales...
Spiegel’s Stock Revoked By SEC
On July 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission revoked registration of Spiegel’s shares. ...
Live from the MeritDirect Co-op: Catalogs Attractive to Investors
White Plains, NY--Simply put, catalogs are attractive to investors. Their steady rate of growth, coupled with results that are precise and predictable...
Martha Pullen Co. Sold
Huntsville, AL-based Martha Pullen Co., which publishes the Martha Pullen catalog and “Sew Beautiful” magazine, was purchased by Birmingham, AL-based Hoffman Media...
Rue de France "Winding Down"
Direct Holdings Worldwide, which owns Rye, NY-based cataloger Lillian Vernon, will wind down the catalog and store operations for its Rue de France brand by the end of the year. ...
Sundance Catalog Sold
Although previous reports indicated that the Sundance Catalog Co. had last week received a capital infusion from two private equity firms, sources confirm that the company has been sold. ...
Deluxe Returns to Catalogs with NEBS Acquisition
Deluxe Corp. exited the catalog industry when it sold its Current and Paper Direct titles to Taylor Corp. in 1998. Deluxe was going to focus on offering...
Neiman Marcus to Cut Chef's Catalog Strings
The heat is on, and Neiman Marcus Group wants out of the kitchen. The Dallas-based cataloger/retailer, which mails the high-ticket gifts and home decor...
Spiegel's Next Act
The news that bankrupt Downers Grove, IL-based Spiegel Group on May 24 agreed to sell its flagship general merchandise business to Hinsdale, IL-based...
Focus on Finance: Coming Strong Out of the Gate
Most of the publicly traded business-to-business and computer marketers tracked by investment bank Tully & Holland for Catalog Age posted robust revenue...
Sportsman's Guide Buys Golf Warehouse
Outdoor gear cataloger The Sportsman’s Guide on June 29 bought The Golf Warehouse (TGW), a Wichita, KS-based cataloger of golf equipment, in an all-cash transaction valued at about $30 million. ...
Ritz Interactive Acquires InsideSportfishing.com
Irvine, CA-based Ritz Interactive, an e-commerce network that includes RitzCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com, OuterBanksOutfitters.com, and ShopAtShark.com, has acquired InsideSportfishing.com...
Cabela’s Raises $156.3 million in IPO
Sidney, NE-based sporting goods cataloger/retailer Cabela's (NYSE:CAB) raised $156.3 million in its initial public offering. ...
Newport News Holdings Buys Newport News
Just a month after it had appeared that Hinsdale, IL-based Pangea Holdings had won the Newport News catalog business, an entity called Newport News Holding Corp. announced on June 24 that along with senior management and San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital, it had purchased the cataloger from Spiegel. ...
Collegiate Pacific Buys Another Distributor
Collegiate Pacific, a Dallas-based manufacturer/marketer of sports equipment to institutional markets, signed a letter of intent to acquire Richmond, VA-based distributor Dixie Sporting Goods....
Transcat Posts Annual Profit
Though its fourth-quarter net income dipped 32%, to $43,000 from $63,000 the previous year, Rochester, NY-based test, measurement, and calibration products and services marketer Transcat posted an annual profit of $400,000...
Interline Files for IPO
On June 15, Jacksonville, FL-based maintenance, repair, and operations marketer Interline Brands filed for an initial public offering. ...
Court Approves Spiegel Catalog Sale
Pangea Holdings, which bought the Newport News catalog from the bankrupt Spiegel in May, had its bid for Spiegel’s flagship catalog approved in bankruptcy court on June 15. ...
Jacobs Gardner Supply Co. Sold to Management
Bowie, MD-based business-to-business marketer Jacobs Gardner Supply Co., which mails the Jacobs Gardner Supply and Penny Saver Office Products business supplies catalogs, was sold by founder Daniel Grossman to a management team led by Kathryn Morley and Gary Luiza. Terms of the deal, which was announced June 14, were not disclosed. ...
Financial Reports: Alloy, Blyth
First-quarter revenue at teen products cataloger and marketing services company Alloy (Nasdaq: ALOY) increased 27%. ...
Financial Report: J. Crew Cuts 1Q Operating Loss
New York-based apparel cataloger/retailer J. Crew slashed its first-quarter operating loss but nonetheless saw its net loss for the quarter widen. ...
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