FAO Files for Chapter 11 Again
For the second time in less than year, toys marketer FAO is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The parent company of FAO Schwarz, The Right
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Wine.com Buys AKA Gourmet
San Francisco-based Wine.com on Dec. 1 bought Oakland, CA-based AKA Gourmet, a cataloger/Web marketer of gourmet food and wine gift baskets. Terms of
Catalogs Fuel 3Q Sales at Jos. A. Bank
A 26% rise in catalog and Internet sales carried men’s apparel cataloger/retailer Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (NasdaqNM: JOSB) to double-digit third-quarter
At Deadline
SAN DIEGO MAILERS SURVIVE WILDFIRE SCARE It was a little too close for comfort for San Diego-based RoadRunner Sports: Sixty-foot flames from the October
Chapter 7: Monitoring
WHY MONITOR? As you will see, most centers monitor, especially phone calls. And the reasons why they monitor, according to an ICMI/ACNielsen Study done
Correction
In the October article Golf Digest Magazine Enters Catalog Business, we reported that Golf Digest has taken its list off the market. When it launched
The Ones to Watch
As economic uncertainty becomes part of the way we do business, it’s impossible to even speculate what the next few months will bring, let alone the next
Privacy Concerns Could Limit Web Sales
Privacy concerns could have a “significant negative impact” on online shopping this holiday season, according to a survey by research firm NFO WorldGroup.
People News
Vernon Hills, IL-based business-to-business technology products/services cataloger/retailer CDW Corp. has appointed Cindy Klimstra director of investor
Opinion and Response
HAVING HIS SAY A Guide to Grassroots Action Chris Bradley, president of Portland, ME-based bedding cataloger Cuddledown of Maine, on acting locally to