For about 14 years, London-based Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts has been outfitting English men and women in its native country through catalogs – and for the past three years, online as well. Clearly a success on the home front, the $22 million shirts cataloger is now setting its sights further, planning an invasion of the U.S. market.Inspired by a flurry of online purchases from American customers, the
In the November 1999 issue of Catalog Age, Norm Thompson president Becky Jewett wrote in an Executive Forum column that the apparel and gifts cataloger
Little action on bills expected for rest of yearFew, if any, bills are expected to reach the House or Senate floors in the final months of the 106th Congress.
Despite widespread reports that financing for Internet start-ups – particularly b-to-b portals – has been drying up, the following investment firms each
Despite filing, no layoffs or cutbacks are plannedAlthough Frederick’s of Hollywood filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, catalog vice
How much of a contingency budget is too much? That question was at the heart of recent testimony in the current postal rate case.In testimony filed in
B-to-b reigns again; consolidation slows somewhatAs in 1997 and 1998, the strength of the business-to-business sector was the big news among the companies
Since its March issue, upscale home goods cataloger Frontgate has been taking its show on the road by shooting elaborate cover and inside photos of customers’
A year ago, the Website of $16.7 million children’s products mailer Kids Stuff was still in the conceptual stage. But by the first quarter of 2000, the
Ferdinand Magellan was killed while trying to sail around the world. The 10-year-old travel gear cataloger Magellan’s is trying to make a killing by navigating