Smith & Hawken Catalog Founder to Deliver Organic Bouquet
Catalog veteran Dave Smith is back. The cofounder of gardening supplies cataloger/retailer Smith & Hawken is now president/cofounder of Organic Bouquet,
Buy.com buys into magalog format
In the wake of the dot-com bust, electronics i.merchant Buy.com is launching a 40-page magalog. The book will mail early next month to 5 million Web customers
Many suitors but only one offer for Fingerhut
This much we know: On Feb. 8, an as-yet-unnamed party made a formal offer to purchase the Fingerhut catalog business from Cincinnati-based parent Federated
Knight’s Ltd. Goes Direct
Multititle mailer Knight’s Direct has quietly been making some big changes during the past year. In late December, the tightly held holding company changed
Operations and Management: Developing a Disaster Strategy
From an operations and management perspective, recent events have driven home the importance of being prepared in the event of an emergency. When something
Ebbets Field Flannels Scores with Stall & Dean
As a kid, Jerry Cohen, founder of Seattle-based cataloger Ebbets Field Flannels, was enthralled by baseball uniforms. Even today, while some fans are
Angelica Puts Hospitality Catalogs on the Block
St. Louis-based Angelica Corp. is seeking a buyer for its manufacturing and marketing division, which sells uniforms to the hospitality industry. Included
The Rise and Fall of Japan
Japan was a spectacular success for many U.S. marketers in the mid-1990s. But now several catalogers that had prospected heavily there, such as Hanna