Retail sales are sluggish, and high gas prices have put the brakes on consumer spending (and driving). The last cataloger you would expect to be doing well is J.C. Whitney. Yet the auto parts and accessories merchant is cranking, with double-digit growth for the first quarter.
Sending greeting cards, writing letters, and mailing invitations to various fiestas is
Swiss Colony has been buying clothing and furniture from suppliers in China for about eight years,
Crocs is taking a major step outside shoes.
Engineering/manufacturing company Advanced Thermal Solutions has spun off a heat sinks catalog.
Arandell Corp., one of the largest catalog printers in North America, is about to become larger
Canada is turning into a strategic vantage point for outdoor sporting gear merchant Cabela
As Swiss Colony continues to increase the amount of apparel and hard goods it imports from China, the multititle mailer plans to open an office in Shanghai in October.
Hispanic consumers have a new way to say Feliz Navidad this season: A
catalog specializing in Latino-themed greeting cards hit the mailboxes this
summer. Titled Libre-Creacion, la base para tus ideas (Free-Creation, the
basis for your ideas) the 30-page catalog targets Latino women celebrating a
special occasion.
Continuing the trend of paper mill closures, Domtar Corp. announced it would permanently close its mill in Gatineau, Quebec, along with its converting center in Ottawa, Ontario. What’s more, Domtar plans to permanently close two paper machines, one located at its Woodland mill in Baileyville, ME, and another at its Port Edwards, WI, mill.