DISTRIBUTION COSTS: Pain in the gas for delivery
Will soaring gasoline prices boost postal and parcel rates?Are you getting sick of paying more at the pump? Think of what it’s like to fuel a fleet of
Office Products: trends analysis
The office products catalog business just ain’t what it used to be. Having had their margins squeezed tighter and tighter by rapidly mounting competition
Smith & Hawken book flourishing
Since February 1999, when it was sold by bankrupt parent company CML Group, gardening accessories cataloger/retailer Smith & Hawken has played musical
TRENDS: The big b-to-b issues
Postal and paper costs, disintermediation weigh on mailers’ mindsAsked what their greatest challenges and concerns are, business-to-business catalogers
DMA catalog membership flat
Although the exact numbers are somewhat unclear, one thing is clear: The number of catalogers that belong to the Direct Marketing Association catalog
ACQUISITIONS: Fingerhut buys into apparel
Arizona Mail Order, Bedford Fair, now Lew MagramOn March 10, Fingerhut bought the inventory, lists, and trademarks of StyleSite Marketing’s Lew Magram
POSTAL RATE CASE: Off and…stumbling
Mailers seek to postpone rate caseJust a few weeks after the current postal rate case began in February, a consortium of organizations and mailers – including
ONLINE AUCTIONS: Going once, going twice…
When it comes to online auctions, consumer Websites such as eBay and Yahoo are grabbing most of the spotlight. But business-to-business auctions are becoming
PARCEL DELIVERY: FEDEX HITS THE GROUND
New consumer ground delivery service aims to compete with UPSTouting itself as a United Parcel Service alternative for ground residential delivery, FedEx
SPIN-OFFS: Miles goes younger
New Miles Kimball title targets `next generation’Keeping in mind that many customers of its flagship low-end housewares and gifts book are getting on