CDnow joins Amazon’s stable
Online supersite Amazon.com, which during the past year has inked Website-hosting deals with such marketers as Toys
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Brookstone launches Canadian Website
Nashua, NH-based cataloger/retailer Brookstone has launched a Canadian Website (www.brookstone.ca). Borderfree, a Toronto-based transaction facilitation
Airgas acquires fellow distributor
The nation’s largest distributor of gases and welding supplies just got a little bigger. On Dec. 2, Radnor, PA-based Airgas acquired Detroit-based Welding
Vitamin Shoppe sold to Bear, Stearns
Private equity player J.P. Morgan Partners sold off $260 million cataloger/retailer Vitamin Shoppe Industries to a private equity group from New York-based
Holiday shopping season: And they’re off…
Several reports indicate that the holiday shopping season is off to a solid start. A National Retail Federation (NRF) survey conducted by BIGresearch
Office Depot sells Australian operations to Officeworks
On Dec. 2, office products conglomerate Office Depot, which mails the Viking Office Products catalog, agreed to sell its Australian operations to Officeworks.
The Cybercritic Ties One On
For some, the holidays bring to mind mistletoe, eggnog, and families gathering by the fire. For The Cybercritic, they mean novelty neckties. So in search
Multiple Views of Multichannel Promos
Like many other mailers, San Jose, CA-based Hello Direct finds that processing orders online costs less than taking orders over the phone. So the cataloger
Bulls and Bears: Few Treats for Catalogers in October
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Critical Issues Roundtable: Not Sleepless in Seattle
It’s a scary world out there for catalogers. In addition to the economic doldrums with which all marketers have to contend, mailers have to worry about