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A catalog redo for peanuts

Peanuts are good, and according to the Peanut Institute, good for you. Bertie County Peanuts has been growing and selling peanuts since 1915, so the company...

My annual best and worst

NEWS STORIES ARE LOADED WITH DEMANDS from various groups that catalogers abandon their printed catalogs and use only online distribution. As avant-garde...

November catalog mailings up 2%

The momentum of more catalog mailings in October continued in November. Catalog Tracker logged in 580 catalogs in November, up 2% over the 569 the service...

Calyx spins off Flowers in a Hatbox title

Calyx Flowers is thinking inside the box for its new spin-off title, Flowers In A Hatbox. The 24-page catalog sells fresh flowers arranged in contemporary...

Up in smoke

We all know that smoking is bad for us, and that not only should we quit, we should discourage others namely kids from trying cigarettes. To help people...

Women's apparel buyers in vogue

Most women love to shop, especially for clothes and shoes. That's why women's apparel, with 33.4 million names, remains by far the largest segment of...

BUT WHAT DOES YOUR INTUITION TELL YOU?

We all know that square-inch analysis is nothing to scoff at. The best multichannel marketing companies are successful because they build their catalogs...

FIRE UP your creative team

It happens to every creative department. Between tight schedules, last-minute revisions and rush projects, the creative staff falls into a rut. Designers...

Sears Wish Book makes a return

While it's not exactly accurate to say the Big Book is back, Sears has created a holiday Wish Book catalog for the first time in 14 years. ...

Kick it up a notch

From its name, you may think Revgear.com specializes in accessories for sportscars, but the cataloger actually sells products for boxing, kickboxing,...

KooKoo for kids's stuff

Some merchants may be reporting a slow start to the season, but children's home decor and apparel merchant KooKoo Bear Kids is up 35% this fall, and is already ahead of its 2007 sales goals....

Paginating with Punch

We all know that merchandise is king in the catalog world. But we sometimes need a reminder that how and where we place product in a book is every bit...

Travel catalogs: romance vs. bargain

It's unlikely that Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck could have envisioned a catalog category that's now state of the art the travel catalog. For paper...

From Fido and Fluffy to frogs and ferets

According to New York-based media brokerage firm ParadyszMatera, the pet supplies market list segment has increased during the past two years....

Catalog mail slows to a crawl

June is generally a slow month for catalogers, but this year Catalog Tracker saw it as even slower than usual. Perhaps it's a sign of tighter mailings as a result of the May postal increase, but the service of Direct Media had just 234 catalogs in its mailbox, down from 265 in June 2006, and from 281 in June 2005....

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HERSCHELL GORDON
LEWIS ARCHIVE

Master copywriter Herschell Gordon Lewis is one of the best--and the best known--in the business. Here's the complete collection of his columns written exclusively for MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT.

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CATALOG CRITIQUE

MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT regularly puts some of the industry's most acclaimed creative consultants to the test, by asking them to provide catalogers with constructive criticism. Here's the complete collection of their exclusive, no-punches-pulled reviews.

GLOSSARY

When an industry term is on the tip of your tongue, or when you come across jargon that's new to you, the words and definitions you need may well be right here. Go to the print creative glossary here.

PRIMER

Whether you're just getting started or you need a refresher, these articles can help you get back to the print creative basics.



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