Jim Tierney

Scrapbook.com Acquires Rival Site

| Jim Tierney

Now that it was acquired the Web-retail and catalog assets of Keeping Memories Alive (KMA), scrapbook accessories site Scrapbook.com finally has its hands on the Scrapbooks.com domain name and Website.

Thalheimer Goes Solo

| Jim Tierney

Richard Thalheimer is back in business. Less than a year after he was replaced as chairman/CEO of The Sharper Image Corp., Thalheimer has unveiled an e-commerce Website, RichardSolo.com.

Schein Sinks Teeth Into Dental Supplier Deal

| Jim Tierney

Henry Schein has gobbled up another company. The Melville, NY-based medical, dental, and veterinary supplies merchant on June 4 announced an agreement to buy the full-service and special markets businesses of New York-based Becker-Parkin Dental Supply Co.

Doctors Foster and Smith Reaps Neeps

| Jim Tierney

Pet supplies cataloger Doctors Foster and Smith is getting bigger by thinking small: The company in April agreed to acquire Web merchant Neeps, which sells small-pet products, for an undisclosed price.

USPS May Revise Slim-Jim Specs

| Jim Tierney

Catalogers considering switching to a slim-jim format to save on postage might want to put those plans on hold. The U.S. Postal Service will begin to test a variety of booklets, which by postal definition include slim-jims. The result could be revised specifications for such mail pieces.