New York– Retail sales are expected to rise 3.5% in 2008, the lowest increase in six years, according to Rosalind Wells, chief economist for the National Retail Federation. During her remarks at the trade organization
A year after BabyUniverse, an online marketer of baby/maternity products, merged with toys merchant eToys Direct, the combined company has a new name: The Parent Co.
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When Automotive Specialty Accessories and Parts (ASAP) appointed Love Goel as new chairman of its board of directors nearly a year ago, he said:
Lifetime Brands, a marketer/distributor of consumer home products, is taking over its own fulfillment with the opening of a new distribution center.
Hoping to reverse its lackluster financial performance, Red Envelope last fall quietly revamped its brand. The gifts cataloger relaunched its Website
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate is producing a catalog for the first time in more than four years. The St. Louis-based chocolatier in September mailed 65,000
If you thought 2008 might bring relief from rising paper prices, think again: Industry watchers say reduced demand, several mill closures, along with rising energy and manufacturing costs, have rendered paper markets extremely tight.
Gander Mountain is on the fast track back into the catalog business. The St. Paul, MN-based sporting goods retailer announced Dec. 6 that it had acquired
Most observers agree that Sharper Image CEO Steve Lightman has what it takes to run a direct business. But he doesn’t have retail experience, and for