Jim Tierney

Righting Blair Corp.

| Jim Tierney

In its 97 years in business, Blair Corp. has been through a lot. The apparel and home goods merchant has gone from loose-sheet mailers to bound catalogs, from housecoats to careerwear, from targeting mature consumers to chasing baby boomers.

But after 14 consecutive quarters of sales declines, Blair needs to change its course.

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.

Equity Firm to Buy CDW

| Jim Tierney

CDW Corp. announced on May 30 that it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately $7.3 billion.