September Sales Round-Up
Led by firm back-to-school sales, the publicly traded marketers tracked by CATALOG AGE ended September and entered the all-important fourth quarter on
Equity Firm Buys Stylin’ Concepts
New York-based private equity firm The Riverside Co. has acquired Stylin
Patterson Buys into New Market
Who says there are no new lands left to conquer? Certainly not St. Paul, MN-based Patterson Dental Co. In August the cataloger of dental and veterinary
A New Home for Williams-Sonoma’s Chambers?
Multititle home goods cataloger/retailer Williams-Sonoma is developing a furnishings spin-off of its eponymous kitchen products title. And according to
Well-Schooled Catalogs
Before sending their children back to school, consumers raided catalogs, Websites, and stores with renewed enthusiasm. The National Retail Federation
Operations and Management: Marketers Hear Overseas Call
American Express is doing it. Ditto for Dell and General Electric. Increasingly, major U.S. corporations are outsourcing call center functions to third-party
Moore Medical Goes Directly to Jails
New Britain, CT-based Moore Medical Corp. is headed for the big house or at least its catalogs are. The $137.8 million medical and dental products cataloger
Operations and Management: Small Catalogers, Big-Time Speed
Catalogers that receive tens or hundreds of thousands of orders a day, such as Lands’ End and L.L. Bean, have long had a dedicated Internet connection
Second-Quarter Results Hint at Growth
The second quarter was a classic good news, bad news scenario for the publicly traded business-to-business and computer catalogers tracked by Catalog
Vermont Teddy Bear Purchases Calyx & Corolla
The company that touted itself as the nonflowers alternative best get working on a new tag line. On Sept. 2, Vermont Teddy Bear Co. purchased the net