Made in Japan, marketed in U.S.

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An estimated 839,000 Japanese-Americans live in the U.S. today, up 4.2% from 1990, according to New York marketing agency Kang & Lee. And that number

A nonprofit catalog quandary

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Something’s got to change for the nonprofit catalog business of the Windsor, CA-based National Women’s History Project (NWHP).For the past five years,

WINNERS AND FINALISTS

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p. 70 Apparel Over $100 Gold: Patagonia, Fall 1997 Silver: no award Finalist: Tilley Endurables, 1997p. 71 Apparel Under $100 Gold: no award Silver: The

In pursuit of excellence

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Since 1986, the Annual Catalog Awards have been recognized as the top honor of the catalog industry. And while catalog marketing has changed significantly

McFeely’s Square Drive Screws, 97D

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You’d think just the name “McFeely’s Square Drive Screws” would be enough to get attention, but this Silver Award-winning catalog’s whimsical illustrated

Dealmakers rev up again

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Second-quarter merger and acquisition activity was up 36% from this time last year and up 76% from the first quarter of ’98. Catalogers completed 30 transactions

PC Zone gets down to business

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Computer cataloger Multiple Zones International is tapping into the small office/home office (SOHO) market by mailing its first business-to-business catalog.

At Deadline

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FINGERHUT TO BUY ARIZONA MAIL ORDER, LAUNCHES YOUTH CATALOG Fingerhut, whose $1.5 billion catalog business sells predominately electronics, housewares,

JUDGES

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Marshall Cordell president/CEO, Anatomical Chart Co.Tony Cox president, LCH DirectMichele Gilbert marketing manager, Nabisco DirectRand Goddard director