Miles Kimball on the Block
Multititle mailer Miles Kimball is being shopped around by owner Sun Capital Partners, just 18 months after the Boca Raton, FL-based private equity firm
Monterey Bay Is Now the Best Place for Last Best Place
You can’t keep a good catalog down or so hopes Monterey Bay Clothing Co. The $35 million-plus women’s apparel, jewelry, and home goods cataloger has relaunched
Lists and Prospecting: Tips from a Hispanic-Marketing Pro
Hispanics receive considerably less Spanish-language mail than Caucasians receive English-language mail, says Maurice Herrera, vice president of retail
Supreme Court to Rule on Victor/Victoria Case
A lawsuit pitting small adult-novelties shop Victor’s Little Secret against cataloger/retailer Victoria’s Secret made its way before the U.S. Supreme
FedEx Rates to Rise Jan. 6
FedEx Corp. on Nov. 20 announced that its air and ground rates will increase on Jan. 6. The expedited courier’s FedEx Ground rates will rise an average
No Postage Hike Till ’06: Too Good to Be True?
The U.S. Postal Service made a stunning announcement on Nov. 5: Because the agency owes far less to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) fund than
Lists and Prospecting: The Overlooked Hispanic Market
The nation’s 35.3 million Hispanics make up 13% of the U.S. population. Yet, for some strange reason, most catalogers don’t pursue the Hispanic market,
State Delegates Approve Tax Collection Proposal
Simplification of tax collection sounds like a good idea. But some direct marketers fear that the November approval of a plan to simplify the collection
Vendor: Peers jumped the gun on FAO nonpayments
“The Wall Street Journal” on Dec. 13 reported that at least two large suppliers of FAO have stopped shipping merchandise this quarter to the company
CVS launches home healthcare catalog
Woonsocket, RI-based drugstore chain CVS last month launched a mail order catalog targeting older customers in need of home healthcare. Although CVS spokesperson