Bracing for the critics
ORTHO TECHNOLOGY While wearing braces is a drag for most adolescents, selling orthodontia products to dental professionals via catalog is fraught with
MCM staff
Taking an ax to paper costs
If you’re struggling to find ways to cut costs, don’t overlook the paper on which your catalog is printed. After all, paper may be the most expensive
Unsung merchants
WHEN I READ THAT a retail icon named Nancy Talbot recently died at 89, I figured she must have had something to do with the women’s apparel cataloger/retailer
Correction
In the September issue, we stated that Millard Group was the list broker for the Silver-Award winning L.L. Bean’s Direct to Business Holiday 2008 catalog;
Sharper Image Exec Discusses the Brand’s Comeback
Nearly two years after Sharper Image Corp., filed for bankruptcy, the brand is returning to the marketplace. The gifts and gadgets business was acquired
Dell to pay $3.9 billion for Perot Systems
In a move to expand beyond PCs and beef up its services business, Dell announced earlier this week it plans to acquire Perot Systems Corp. for $3.9 billion.