FedEx Announces Express Rate Hikes
Effective Jan. 2, Memphis, TN-based Federal Express Corp. will charge an additional 3.5% for U.S. domestic and U.S. export Express package and freight shipments.
Charleston Gardens Digs Jewelry
Charleston Gardens specializes in home and garden furnishings, so what
Post-Katrina plans
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in late August, marketers had to quickly adjust their mail plans to avoid dropping catalogs into flood-ravaged
Staffing the store
As a direct marketer, you don’t have to worry about store layouts, shoplifters, or point-of-sale displays. But once you add retail to your channel mix,
Bradford Group on the Block?
The Bradford Group, a Niles, IL-based gifts and collectibles direct marketer, is believed to be for sale
Grim Outlook for Postal Reform
With Hurricane Katrina and the chief justice nominee hearings further complicating matters in Washington, postal reform is on the back burner for now.
W.W. Grainger Weathers Katrina
Lake Forest, IL-based industrial maintenance, repair and operations distributor W.W. Grainger has 45 of its 400 U.S. branches located in the Gulf Coast region, including two in New Orleans.
Comparing Katrina with 9/11
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, marketers are recalling the hard-won lessons of four years ago, following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Postal reform: still waiting
It seemed like good news when on July 26 the House of Representatives approved H.R. 22, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act by a resounding
Top-level turnover at Lands’ End
No one at Lands’ End or its parent company, Sears Holdings Corp., is talking about why president/CEO Mindy Meads and the Dodgeville, WI-based cataloger