Jim Tierney

PRC Approves Summer QR Code Promo

| Jim Tierney

The QR code promotion that the U.S. Postal Service proposed last month has been given the green light by the Postal Regulatory Commission. The program offers a discount to catalogers who use

The New Role of the Catalog

| Jim Tierney

Engaging customers and building lasting relationships are the keys to catalog success, according to Lois Brayfield, president of the consultancy J. Schmid & Associates.

Airgas Acquires Pain Enterprises

| Jim Tierney

Airgas, a direct merchant of industrial gases and safety gear, announced May 9 it has purchased Pain Enterprises, which produces and distributes dry ice and carbon dioxide in the Midwest