Martha Stewart’s Direct Division Lays Off 40 Workers
On the heels of a disappointing fourth quarter
MCM staff
Financial Reports: Schein, Chico’s
Sterling Numbers at Schein Medical, dental, and veterinary supplies marketer Henry Schein (Nasdaq NM: HSIC) said fourth-quarter sales increased 7%, to
People News
Phoenix-based cataloger/retailer PetSmart has promoted Kenneth T. Hall to senior vice president/chief marketing officer. Hall has served in the role on
Correction
In our February Small Catalogs Forum profile, Firing Up a Catalog Business, we said that founder Peggy Glenn had written her first fire-safety-related
listings
NEW LISTS WEST ELM More than 25,000 design-conscious consumers have purchased from the West Elm catalog in the past six months. These buyers spent an
Shopping in a Coffin-Cold Aisle
THE MOOD at the National Retail Federation’s annual conference wasn’t so much downbeat as might be expected as erratic: up one minute, down the next.
Catalog Tracker: Settling Down
After receiving a mailbox-bulging 679 consumer catalogs in November, list firm Direct Media’s Catalog Tracker service tallied a more modest 318 books
Best Practices in the Worst of Times
Statistics and forecasts are all very well, but you want to know what your peers are really doing to keep their operations afloat in straitened economic
No Peace, No Profits
Aside from the fact that I really don’t like to shop, I made an extra effort to avoid the mall scene over the holidays, and I was not alone. Market research
At Deadline
SPIEGEL CFO JUMPS SHIP As if Downers Grove, IL-based Spiegel didn’t have enough woes (see Spiegel Cuts 300 Jobs, Faces SEC Investigation on page 7), the