Sara Lee Completes Hanesbrands Spin-off
Food and consumer goods manufacturer/marketer Sara Lee Corp. has completed its spin-off of its apparel business.
Catalog
Volume slip-sliding away
Catalog Tracker received 265 consumer catalogs in June nearly 6% fewer than the 281 catalogs received in June 2005. It was the fourth month in a row that
Restoration Hardware begets Brocade Home
As part of an ongoing brand extension, Corte Madera, CA-based Restoration Hardware will launch Brocade Home this month with a 64-page catalog. Based in
Best Manufacturing files for Chapter 11
Jersey City, NJ-based Best Manufacturing Group, a uniform company founded in 1914, announced on Aug. 9 that it filed a voluntary petition under Chapter
Yankee Candle buys, and maybe sells
The same day that Yankee Candle Co., announced it was acquiring Petaluma, CA-based competitor Illuminations, the South Deerfield, MA-based candles manufacturer/marketer
TALES FROM THE FRONT
Not fazed by power outage On July 24 a Multichannel Merchant staffer received the following e-mail from gifts, jewelry, and tabletop items cataloger/retailer
Footwear mailers step up on the list growth
Catalogs that specialize in footwear (as opposed to apparel merchants that include shoes as part of their merchandise mix) account for about 6% of all
Buyout for Aramark
Aramark Corp., the food services and facilities management firm that also owns a $425 million-plus direct division, has agreed to a $6.3 billion buyout
Smooth Landings
Landing page optimization is very much in vogue these days. If there were a Billboard chart for hot acronyms, would clearly be rising with a bullet, heading
Bassett Furniture Launches Consumer Catalog
Bassett Furniture may have been founded in 1902, but that doesn