September Sales Roundup
For September, most of the cataloger/retailers tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT reported growth in their direct-to-consumer units. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita did cause some to suffer from lower-than-expected sales, however.
MCM staff
R.R. Donnelley to Acquire Spencer Press
Chicago-based printing and delivery services provider R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wells, ME-based printer Spencer Press.
Catalogers’ E-commerce Tech Old and Homegrown
According to a recent survey of more than 200 catalog companies by Woburn, MA-based on-demand e-commerce technology provider Demandware, standard e-commerce functions such as ordering management, inventory management, and call center applications are most often handled by technology that was developed inhouse.
Backers Back Out of School Specialty Deal
Bain Capital Partners
Celebrate Express Celebrates Sales, Earnings Gains
Kirkland, WA-based Celebrate Express, the marketer behind the Birthday Express,
Storybook Heirlooms, and Costume Express brands, reported net sales of $17.9 million for the quarter ended Aug. 31
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Return of the Lowest Common Denominator
Many things learned in high school are never to be used again. But you can apply some basic principles of high school mathematics to catalog measurement, says Mike Grant of Scarsdale, NY-based catalog consultancy Michael Grant Direct.
Honor roll
Pet supplies cataloger Doctors Foster & Smith donated $10,000 in cash to the Red Cross and $100,000 worth of pet food and carriers to the Houston SPCA
TALES FROM THE FRONT
A shoe-in for super service A Multichannel Merchant staffer found a pair of sandals she wanted to buy from the Aerosoles catalog. She went to the shoe
Movers & shakers
Warren, PA-based apparel and home goods cataloger Blair Corp. appointed Larry Pitorak interim chief financial officer. Currently a partner of Tatum Partners,