At Deadline
LIMITED SEEKS TO BUY OUTSTANDING SHARES OF INTIMATE BRANDS The Limited has started an exchange offer to buy back the 16% of Intimate Brands it does not
MCM staff
Small Catalogs Forum: Expanding Your Product Niche
Just because you cater to a well-defined niche doesn’t mean you have to limit your merchandise offering. In fact, many say that one of the best ways to
Small Catalogs Forum
What is the most important consideration when expanding your product line? ANNE MARCUS, president of Hot Springs, AR-based toy catalog AnneMail: You should
Production Page: Easing the Pain of Press Checks
Going to a press check is no pleasure jaunt. You may have to travel all day by plane and all evening by car to get to your printer’s location. If you
Listings
NEW LISTS GREENLINKS SUPER SHOT II GOLFERS The nearly 1 million names on this file are active golf buyers and subscribers who filled out a direct mail
Financial reports: Concepts Direct, Intimate Brands, Neiman Marcus
Concepts Direct Annual Net Loss Grows 15% Multititle marketer Concepts Direct (Nasdaq: CDIR) enjoyed a 13% rise in fourth-quarter sales but a 90% plunge
Wet Seal to reenter catalog business
Teen apparel retailer The Wet Seal plans to relaunch its print catalog in July. The Foothill Ranch, CA-based company had launched a book in 1998, but
Movers and shakers
Dodgeville, WI-based apparel cataloger Lands
Financial reports: Federated, Gaiam
Federated
Second shareholder suit against Federated filed
A second lawsuit has been filed by shareholders of Federated Department Stores against the cataloger/retailer. On Feb. 26, the Alaska Ironworkers Pension