Prepackaged bankruptcy filings seem to be more common. For example, multititle mailer Orchard Brands last month filed for a prepackaged Chapter 11 to reorganize debts and expects to get out of bankruptcy in a few months. Gifts and novelties cataloger …
Borders Files Chapter 11
UPS posted some impressive numbers for the fourth quarter, along with a confident outlook for 2011
Will J. Crew ever reach a deal to be sold? The revised “go-shop” period for the apparel cataloger/retailer to consider other bids for its business ends Feb. 15. But it doesn’t look like a final decision will be made by then
It’s hard (or impossible) for any retailer to compete with Walmart on price. So when the general merchant announced free holiday shipping on its website
The third quarter of 2010 revealed considerable renewed optimism for business-to-business and computers marketers. Consumer merchants, however, fared
The Direct Marketing Association earned a victory in its case against the state of Colorado and its new out-of-state tax law.
In keeping with its plans to get out of catalogs, J.C. Penney this year will close underperforming stores, phase out its outlet business, and streamline its call center and custom decorating operations
It was a Happy New Year for Lake Champlain Chocolates after the candy merchant tallied up its holiday sales results
Catalogers received some good news today when the U.S. Postal Service filed for an inflation-based rate increase that would reflect less than a 1% rise in Standard Mail flats.