Gaiam to acquire Good Times Entertainment
A day after Good Times Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in the Southern District of New York on July 11, $96.7 million Broomfield,
Collegiate Pacific picks up Sport Supply
Continuing its strategy of expansion through acquisition, athletic supplies distributor Collegiate Pacific scooped up the majority share of a major rival,
Co-ops kick it up a notch
Consumer catalogers’ love affair with cooperative databases is still going strong. Not only are marketers continuing to use co-ops for a significant percentage
Appleseed’s to buy The Tog Shop
Beverly, MA-based women’s apparel cataloger/retailer Appleseed’s has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the brand name and customer list of rival
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
Live from the MeritDirect Co-Op: Libey Says…
Not even the hotel fire alarm could stop Don Libey from analyzing the major issues of the day and prognosticating regarding what
Live from the MeritDirect Co-Op: Putting Faith in Customer Service
When it comes to customer service, Mike Faith, founder/CEO of San Francisco-based Headsets.com, is a zealot. He has to be: Faith
Gaiam Buys Bankrupt Entertainment Firm
A day after Good Times Entertainment filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, Broomfield, CO-based multititle
cataloger Gaiam signed a definitive agreement to acquire bankrupt New
York-based media company
Appleseed’s to Buy The Tog Shop
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that Beverly, MA-based cataloger/retailer Appleseed’s has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the brand name and
customer list of rival cataloger The Tog Shop
Layoffs at Sara Lee Direct Parent
Sara Lee Branded Apparel, the parent of catalog unit Sara Lee Direct, laid off 775 employees–about 2% of its workforce–