March sales round-up
Stamford, CT
On the selling block: Joan Cook, Deerskin Trading
From the Whatever Happened To? Files: Venerable catalog titles Joan Cook and Deerskin Trading Post are on the market, according to Daniel DeStefano, chairman
Neiman Marcus suspends unprofitable catalogs
The Neiman Marcus Group, which mails the Chef
Happy return of Stark Bros. Catalog
It survived the Civil War. It emerged from the Great Depression. And not even last summer
A Merrier Moore
First, do no harm is a cornerstone of the Hippocratic oath taken by physicians. But when Moore Medical Corp. decided to withdraw from the wholesale drug
Harbour Group Plans to Rev Up Eckler’s
In March, St. Louis-based holding company Harbour Group acquired Titusville, FL-based Eckler Industries, which sells aftermarket Corvette parts and accessories
The Latest Catalog to Close: Mark, Fore & Strike
On Feb. 28, citing disappointing sales, The Mark Group announced it was folding its Mark, Fore & Strike catalog to concentrate on its thriving Boston
Operations and Management: Further Adventures in Benchmarking
In the last issue, we wrote about why and how your operations could improve from benchmarking. Now with the help of Curt Barry, president of Richmond,
Holding the (Bottom) Line on Expenses
Not surprisingly, fourth-quarter 2001 sales for most of the publicly traded business-to-business and computer catalogers tracked by Catalog Age fell short
Lilly’s Kids Onesies on the Way?
Lillian Vernon is relinquishing her duties as chief executive of the company she founded in 1951. But the catalog doyenne will still have a say in its