Touchstone Owner Blames USPS for Catalog’s Demise
Gifts and Home Decor Catalog Touchstone Announced in Early March it was closing. And owner/president Sarah Luce, who says shuttering the 20-year-old company
A Bad Fourth Quarter for B-to-B
Bad Fourth Quarter for B-to-B sellers except Transcat and Black Box
Paper prices fall again
If there’s a bright side to the global recession for print catalogers, it’s that paper prices are down. After six straight quarters of increases, paper
Lane Bryant Back in Catalog Biz
Charming Shoppes Puts Lane Bryant Back in the Mail Gayle Coolick Lane Bryant
Toys ‘R’ Us Buys eToys.com
Toys R Us buys eToys The Parent Company Baby Universe
Geerlings & Wade Catalog Sold
Wine merchant Geerlings & Wade has sold its catalog to an undisclosed buyer. The new owner will continue to operate the Geerlings & Wade brand as a direct mail and online wine source, it was announced March 31.
Downtime for Another Paper Mill
As paper demand dwindles due to the economy, mills continue to try to control production.
PMG Potter Seeks Legislative Relief
Postmaster General John E. Potter urged a congressional subcommittee to approve H.R. 22, which would alter the U.S. Postal Service
Will The “Pot”-ter Boil Over?
United States Postmaster General John E. Potter will be back on the hot seat Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Embroiled in a fiscal mess inside the U.S. Postal Service, Potter asked Congress in January to cut mail delivery from six days to five days a week. Now, after requesting that major cost-saving measure, Congress plans to question Potter about his own salary package.
USPS To Close Six District Offices
The U.S. Postal Service, which has been searching for cost-cutting measures since its $2.8 billion loss in fiscal 2008, announced March 20 plans to close six of its 80 district offices. What