Candy Warehouse Gets Bigger Warehouse
Candy Warehouse has an enviable problem: The online bulk candy merchant has grown its business rapidly in a relatively short time, and it
Airgas Acquires Fitch Industrial & Welding Supply
Airgas announced Dec. 1 it acquired the assets and operations of Lawton, OK-based Fitch Industrial & Welding Supply, an industrial gas and welding supply distributor.
Coldwater Creek’s Pence Looks to Recoup Lost Margins
Determined to stem the downward slide of his company and return it to profitability, co-founder/president/CEO Dennis Pence said the merchant will put a new focus on its direct business, including a boost in its catalog circulation.
Spring Hill Nurseries Location Opens Holiday Catalog Outlet Center
Spring Hill Nurseries in Tipp City, OH, is now the Tipp City Catalog Outlet Center through the holiday season.
Finance:Experts Predict M&A to Pick Up in 2010
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ACTIVITY IN THE MULTICHANNEL WORLD has been pretty dead in 2009, according to Lee Helman, managing director for investment firm
CLOSURES:THE BIG BOOK CATALOG ERA IS OVER
J.C. PENNEY’S ANNOUNCEMENT IN NOVEMBER that it would no longer publish the semiannual big book catalog hardly came as a shocker to most industry watchers.
The USPS’s Outlook for 2010
TO SAY 2009 WAS A ROUGH YEAR FOR THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. The USPS lost $3.8 billion in fiscal 2009, or $1 billion
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ACQUIRES TIMOTHY’S
GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS IN NOVEMBER bought the coffee brand and wholesale operations of Toronto-based Timothy’s Coffees of the World. Green Mountain
POSTAL: THE USPS REVEALS NEW PARCEL OPTIONS
ALONG WITH ITS PROPOSED 2010 PARCEL RATE SHIPPING PRICES, the U.S. Postal Service in November announced several new products aimed at small-package shippers.