Where Were They Then?
Alan Bloomfield THEN Owned Galls, a Lexington, KY-based retailer of police equipment that he’d bought in 1980, after working at the company as a sales
MCM staff
Operations and Management: Blair–An Unlikely Innovator
Considering that 93-year-old apparel and home items marketer Blair Corp. didn’t even started binding its catalogs until 1995 (the company started as a
DMA: States Overestimate Potential E-Commerce Tax Revenue
A survey released on April 11 by the Direct Marketing Association concludes that the potential tax revenue lost to states due to online sales is just
Fingerhut Receives $100 Million Line of Credit
Fingerhut Direct has received a $100 million line of secured redit to finance inventory, receivables and working capital. The credit was arranged by inventory
March Sales Roundup
Like the weather, March sales for the publicly traded catalogers tracked by CATALOG AGE were unpredictable. High-tech gadgets cataloger/retailer Sharper
Office Depot Offers $875 Million for French Office Supplies Firm
Cataloger/retailer Office Depot has offered to buy the French office supplies business of Guilbert SA for $875 million in a deal that would double the
USPS, Mail Handlers Union Come to Terms
The U.S. Postal Service and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union agreed to a tentative two-year contract extension on April 7. If ratified by union
USPS Releases CASS Enhancement
Mailers using the U.S. Postal Service
Postal Retirement Costs Bill Nears Law
The law needed to keep postal rates in check for the next three years now appears to be a slam dunk. Upon its passage this week in both houses of Congress,
Bankruptcy Court Approves FAO Reorganization Plan
On April 7, cataloger/retailer FAOreceived confirmation of its plan of reorganization from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.