Jim Tierney

New Slim-Jim Rules are in

| Jim Tierney

The U.S. Postal Service’s Proposed New Rules for mailing letter-size catalogs, aka at automation or machinable letter prices have been published in the

Lights Out at Illuminations

| Jim Tierney

Less than three years after Yankee Candle Co. acquired Illuminations in a $22 million cash deal, parent company Yankee Holding Corp. has announced plans to shut down the Illuminations retail stores and consumer direct business.