CATALOG DELIVERY
YOU’VE GOT (LATE) MAIL `Cruddy’ pockets mar otherwise good service Maybe it’s the nationwide labor shortage affecting the postal workforce, or perhaps
POSTAL
Double trouble Another rate hike possible in 2002 Two postal rate hikes in two years: That could well be the fate of catalogers and other users of the
Allpets, all the time
Pet products marketer PetQuarters is betting the farm on its Allpets brand – which is significant once you consider that PetQuarters bought Allpets less
Hickory Farms cuts label costs 20%
Many companies don’t give a lot of thought to their corporate labels. But Hickory Farms did – a move that payed off. During the past year, the Maumee,
Weighing the heavyweights
Who’s better for catalogers: Bush or Gore? It’s that time again – time to hit the voting booths, pull the lever, and (hopefully) elect the officials who
MAILING PLANS
Circulation strategies 2001 Postal rate hike not keeping catalogers from mailing more In a snapshot poll that Catalog Age conducted in September on its
CONSOLIDATION
NEBS to trim down B-to-b mailer hopes to save $1.1 million After buying several complementary business supplies catalogers during the past few years –
Real Goods in $1 million cost-cutting quest
For its fiscal year ended March 31, renewable energy products cataloger/retailer Real Goods Trading Corp. posted a net loss of nearly $1.3 million on
USPS: IT COULD BE WORSE
Postmaster general counting on catalogs, parcels for growth Already unpopular among mailers thanks to a substantial postage increase looming for January,
CATALOG MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Wizard parent goes poof Haven Corp., publisher of Mail Order Wizard, suddenly closes Haven Corp., which published the catalog management software programs