SeaBear snaps up GD Seafoods
SeaBear Wild Salmon is a bigger fish in the food catalog pond. The Anacortes, WA-based mailer acquired GD Seafoods, which does business under the Gerard
Getting DC Size Right
No multichannel marketer wants to be stuck with a distribution center that’s too small. Excess capacity in a facility that’s too big is just as much of
Hanover Direct Lays Off 100
Weehawken, NJ-based multititle mailer Hanover Direct has laid off approximately 100 employees, including workers in its Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Wisconsin offices, according to published reports.
Playboy Outsourcing Direct Business
Playboy Enterprises last month finalized a deal for eFashionSolutions to manage the company
Celebrate Express Back on the Block
On the heels of a disappointing fiscal third quarter, Kirkland, WA-based party supplies merchant Celebrate Express has hired New York-based investment bank Cowen and Co. after third parties expressed an interest in buying the company.
Tough Times for Talbots
The credit crunch is hitting The Talbots hard.
Ross-Simons Slams Proposed USPS Rule Change For ‘Slim-Jim’ Processing
Officials for jewelry and gifts merchant Ross-Simons say a proposed rule adjustment by the U.S. Postal Service, if implemented, would lead to the elimination of its entire circulation of 20 million letter-size catalogs in 2008.
New York Rules Out-of-State Web Merchants Must Collect State Taxes
New York Gov. David Paterson signed into law on April 15 a provision that will require out-of-state online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes.
Getting DC Size Right
No multichannel marketer wants to be stuck with a distribution center that
Have HEART, Operations Execs
During his session