Circuit City Tests Catalog
Electronics chain Circuit City is tuning into the catalog channel: The Richmond, VA-based retailer dropped 1 million copies of a Back
Office Depot to Close Viking’s U.S. Business
In a surprise move, $14.4 billion office products cataloger/retailer Office Depot on Sept. 12 said it planned to close the domestic operations of its Viking Office Products business and merge it within its Office Depot operations.
What Happens When a Fulfillment Provider Goes Bust?
The former clients of third-party fulfillment provider iFulfill.com know firsthand the value of networking. Thanks to communication between
Co-ops get down to business
Just as the major consumer cooperative databases are busy cranking out new products and services, as we reported last month (Co-ops kick it up a notch),
Harry and David head to Wall Street
Harry and David are hitting the Street. The Medford, OR-based parent company of the food gifts cataloger/retailer and horticultural merchant Jackson &
Rival acquires Video Collection
Itasca, IL-based multititle merchant Infinity Resources has acquired The Video Collection from San Diego-based Genius Products. Terms of the deal, which
Invasion of the private equity firms
Private equity investors are coming into the industry with a strength and force not seen in nearly a decade. Though just 12 deals were orchestrated during
Do Store Closures Suggest Gardeners Eden Sale Is Near?
Although Merrimack, NH-based Brookstone is mum on the subject, news of the
closure of its five Gardeners Eden retail stores suggests that the company
is getting closer to a sale of its outdoor gardening business.
Infinity Resources Acquires Video Collection
Itasca, IL-based multititle merchant Infinity Resources has
acquired The Video Collection catalog from San Diego-based Genius Products.
First-quarter profits lag behind sales
The first quarter of 2005 proved to be a mixed bag for the publicly traded consumer mailers tracked by Multichannel Merchant. Sales were strong for the