A sporting chance
Just as there’s more than one way to skin a cat, Dallas-based Collegiate Pacific has found that there’s more than one way to grow a business. For the
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ACQUISITIONS: SPIEGEL BUYS CW
J. Crew (finally) unloads Clifford & WillsNineteen months after announcing it would try to sell its $74 million Clifford & Wills (CW) women’s apparel
ACQUISITIONS: GE takes control of Genesis
Bankruptcy court also approves sale of Carol WrightOn Dec. 17, a Newark, NJ, bankruptcy court gave the sale of Genesis Direct to GEInvestment the green
ACQUISITIONS: SPECIALTY FINDS BUYER
Golub Associates takes the $46 million wig cataloger privateOn Dec. 3, less than three weeks after announcing it would discontinue its underperforming
All in the family
This month’s questionWhat are the benefits and drawbacks to working in a family business?It’s said that the family that plays together stays together.
A postal rate hike in 2001 is a rip-off!
All the hubbub in the mailing industry is currently centered on the “spiritual ritual” known as postal rate making.The tribal leaders and medicine men
ACQUISITIONS: Amazon gets Back to Basics
Online superstore Amazon.com has waded a bit deeper into the print catalog pool. On Nov. 30 it acquired Back to Basics, a Herndon, VA-based cataloger
ACQUISITIONS: Amazon gets into print
When it decided to expand its e-commerce dominance into the home-improvement market, what did cyber superstore Amazon.com do? Why, it bought a relatively
ACQUISITIONS: ADDING TO POTPOURRI
CVI purchase doubles Potpourri’s number of titlesThe dictionary defines “potpourri” as a combination of incongruous elements, but multititle catalog mailer
A very scary Christmas
Tis the season…to fill your yard with plastic pink flamingos? Perhaps, if you look to the Gardener’s Supply Co. catalog for holiday decorating ideas.