PC Connection Acquires Amherst Technologies

| MCM staff

Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection has acquired the assets of
Amherst Technologies, a Manchester, NH-based IT solutions provider that targets midsize and large companies

Office Depot Sues Staples over Search Ads

| MCM staff

(Direct) Office Depot has filed suit against rival Staples for a series of search-engine ads that used as their keyword the name of Office Depot subsidiary Viking, “The Wall Street Journal” reported Friday.

Financial Reports: Mattel, Grainger

| MCM staff

Despite a 12% rise in American Girl sales, Mattel’s third-quarter income fell 12%. MRO supplier Grainger had better news to report, in part because of strong growth within its Lab Safety division.

Muoio Exits Miles Kimball

| John Fischer

Mike Muoio, who served as president of Oshkosh, WI-based cards, gifts, and housewares cataloger Miles Kimball, resigned from his position last week.

infoUSA special report : the web as a prospecting tool

| MCM staff

The Internet is not only a new channel for marketing to and servicing old customers, it’s also a new channel for gaining new customers, thanks largely to search engine and affiliate marketing.

R.R. Donnelley to Acquire Spencer Press

| MCM staff

Chicago-based printing and delivery services provider R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wells, ME-based printer Spencer Press.

Building through buying

| Mark Del Franco

Most of the publicly traded business-to-business and computer merchants posted impressive top-line growth during the second quarter. For three of the