Year to Date, Catalogers Beat the Street
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MCM staff
Mammoth Migration
If you use an Ecometry system and even if you don’t the doings of the Delray Beach, FL-based software provider (formerly known as Smith-Gardner) make
Listings
NEW LISTS MAGIC SEASONINGS MAIL ORDER Founded by famed Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme, the Magic Seasonings Mail Order catalog has nearly 55,000 12-month buyers.
Sports Supply Group cuts its losses
Annual net revenue at athletic supplies cataloger Sport Supply Group (OTC BB: SSPY.OB) decreased 8% , to $103.6 million for the fiscal year ended March
Artful Dodgers II
Ethics are on everyone’s mind these days, so it wasn’t a surprise when my May editorial (Artful Dodgers, p. 6) received more feedback than this column
Midyear Sales Report: How’re We Doing?
Early spring sales suggested that the worst of the recession was over for most catalogers (see The Sweet Smell of Sales, May issue). And as we begin the
Geerlings & Wade cofounder replaces CEO
Disappointing growth has led to a change in the executive suite at wine cataloger Geerlings & Wade. Cofounder Huib Geerlings, the chairman of the board,
The Dish on Databases
When the topic is database marketing, plenty of other subjects enter into the discussion. At least that was the case in April, when Catalog Age sat down
Federated to Fingerhut: Good Riddance!
On June 11, Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores signed a definitive agreement to sell low-end general merchandise catalog Fingerhut to FAC Acquisitions,
opinion & response
Sounding Off on Show Business After last year’s Annual Catalog Conference (ACC), one marked with poor exhibit hall traffic, we polled our clients about