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Sales Jump for J. Crew

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Apparel cataloger/retailer J. Crew had plenty of good news to report from its first quarter ended May 3. The New York-based company

Slim chances

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Does the U.S. Postal Service hate catalogs? From the major rate hike it imposed on them in 2007 to the proposed restrictions on or letter-size catalogs,

Social discourse

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The easiest way to build a community around your brand is to create a dialog with your customers. If Web 1.0 was a monologue or broadcast, then Web 2.0

Letters

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Silver for Seventh, too The cover story in the May issue of Multichannel Merchant celebrates the then and now of some catalogers, while the Backword page

RX for 1-800-PetMeds

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Billing itself as America’s Largest Pet Pharmacy, the 1-800-PetMeds catalog is devoted to helping pet owners keep their Fidos and Fluffys healthy. But

Red Envelope finds a buyer maybe

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It looks like gifts cataloger Red Envelope, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 17, will be sold to Creative Catalogs Corp. The

OMS Directory

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ABISON COMPREHENSIVE COMMERCE SUITEwww.abison.com Introduced: 2006 Version: 2.1.0 Company: Abison, founded 1997 Contact: Scott A. Karlo, 888-877-3963,

Movers & shakers

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Day-Timer has named Martha A. Curren vice president/general manager for the U.S., Canadian and International marketplace. Curren had most recently been