Home, sweet home catalogs

| Sherry Chiger

As the size of the average American home has been creeping upward over the years, so has the size of the 12-month active universe for the home catalogs

Golden Gate gobbles another

| Jim Tierney

San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital Corp. is wasting no time in its quest to build a billion-dollar family of apparel companies.

Paper prices holding for now

| Jim Tierney

With the fall mailing season under way, paper prices appear to be holding steady a relief for catalogers after a series of increases earlier this year.

Computing 2Q profits

| Jim Tierney

It was another profitable quarter for the business-to-business and computer marketers tracked for Multichannel Merchant by Wellesley, MA-based investment

The Ella Starr catalog is born

| Tim Parry

New York-based apparel manufacturer Mink Marketing has launched Ella Starr, its first catalog and e-commerce site, targeting African-American and Hispanic

Lake Champlain Chocolates Moving to Greener Pastures

| Mark Del Franco

Lake Champlain Chocolates in October is moving its packaging, warehousing, and shipping divisions into a building down the street from its Burlington, VT, headquarters. Not only is the new 47,000 sq. ft.- location more than double the size of its old distribution center, it’s also a whole lot greener.