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Fruitful 2Q Sales for Harry and David

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Second-quarter net sales at Harry and David Holdings rose 8%, to $362.4 million for the 13 weeks ended Dec. 24. But net income fell to $49.1 million from $69.6 million a year earlier, due largely to a higher tax rate.

Grading on a curve

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The trend continues. Whether the murderous and ruthless competitive nature of the 21st-century catalog industry has culled the ranks or a higher level

New management

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Tucker Electronics Nearly 87,000 engineers, quality assurance managers, and other technical professionals have purchased new and refurbished test and

New lists

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Cookie Magazine Launched this past fall, Cookie magazine already has nearly 61,000 paid subscribers. A parenting magazine from the publisher of Vogue

A heartier holiday

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Despite sales predictions that were all over the map, many multichannel merchants gambled on increasing their catalog circulation this holiday season.

‘Twas the season

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For consumers the holiday shopping season is but a dim memory, but we’re still recounting tales of super service, blasted backorders, and of course, the

Holiday stocking

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The stockings were hung by the chimney with carebut did marketers have the holiday goods in stock to fill them? To find out who was naughty and who was