Lists and Prospecting: List Fulfillment Comes of Age
Last January, Plano, TX-based service bureau Electronic Data Systems (EDS) informed its clients that it would no longer support or distribute rental lists
USPS enhances Parcel Select service
In a push for holiday business, the U.S. Postal Service said on Oct. 29 that it will expand the hours of more than 1,000 destination delivery units (DDUs)
L.L. Bean warns of layoffs
With sales down by at least 10% for the year, Freeport, ME-based L.L. Bean has started trimming its workforce. On Oct. 24 the $1.14 billion apparel and
Saks goes corporate with new catalog
Just seven months after closing its Folio catalog division, upscale retailer Saks Fifth Avenue has launched a corporate gifts title. The Saks Fifth Avenue
Fingerhut catalog to relaunch Nov. 9
FAC Acquisitions, which bought defunct general merchandise catalog Fingerhut from Federated Department Stores in July, plans to put the Fingerhut book
Golfsmith majority stake sold to private equity firm
New York-based private equity firm First Atlantic Capital on Oct. 16 bought a majority stake in golf equipment cataloger/retailer Golfsmith. The sale
NRF survey projects modest holiday sales, spending increases
Although consumers plan to spend an average of $649 this holiday season
British (Shirt) Invasion in the Making?
A little more than two years ago, Charles Tyrwhitt, a London-based manufacturer/marketer of high-end men
Small cataloger benefits from power of the press
A six-page feature story in the September issue of “Country Living” magazine provided small home furnishings cataloger Frecklefarm with a sizable boost
Sears launches jewelry catalog
Just three months after acquiring catalog powerhouse Lands