Overton’s Sold to Linsalata Capital Partners

| Tim Parry

Boston-based investment firm Audax Group announced Monday that it has sold water sports merchant Overton’s to private equity firm Linsalata Capital Partners

Sports Endeavors Buys Rival Big Toe

| Jim Tierney

Sports Endeavors, a Hillsborough, NC-based soccer and lacrosse gear cataloger, has acquired Madison, WI-based rival Big Toe Soccer.

The Ones to Watch

| MCM staff

Every industry has its rising stars, and the multichannel marketplace is no exception. Given the complexities of operating in more than one channel, the

A flourishing fourth quarter

| Jim Tierney

The end of 2005 provided a profitable landscape for the large majority of publicly traded consumer merchants tracked for Multichannel Merchant. by Wellesley,

The book closes on A Common Reader

| Tim Parry

What killed A Common Reader? Was it simply management issues? Or can the death be pinned on category killer Amazon.com? The sudden January shutdown of

Candy is dandy: 1-800-Flowers buys Fannie May

| Jim Tierney

Last year, shortly after 1-800-Flowers.com purchased cookie cataloger Cheryl & Co., vice president of investor relations Joseph Pititto told Long Island

The Software Corner

| Ernie Schell

Ecometry Corp., a leading supplier of software for multichannel commerce, has expanded its partnership with Acquity Group to offer Ecometry

Home Depot to Buy Home Decorators Collection

| MCM staff

Further proof that Home Depot wants to be a major player in the direct-to-consumer home decor market: On April 25 the Atlanta-based retail giant announced a definitive agreement to buy St. Louis-based home furnishings cataloger/retailer Home Decorators Collection

Process, Procedures, and Compliance: A Five-Step Program

| Tim Parry

To help list owners, renters, brokers, and managers avoid running foul of the Federal Trade, Stacey Girt, senior vice president at Newtown, PA-based services provider MKTG Services, offered a five-step program designed to promote proper process, procedures and compliance.