Peter Girard

Debating `list fatigue’

| Peter Girard

This month, we launch a List Watch Q&A feature, in which we ask list pros to give us their `take’ on a hot list issue.The most recent Catalog Age Benchmark

Buying American in Japan

| Peter Girard

Cheerios and Dr. Pepper, not to mention other U.S. packaged goods, have enabled Chuck and Kelly Grafft to create a $7 million business in Japan. Their

Can wine be fruitful?

| Peter Girard

In November, two Internet wine merchants, Wine.com and Send.com, announced huge infusions of venture capital totaling $90 million. A third marketer, WineShopper.com,

Fingerhut buys Popular Club

| Peter Girard

On Nov. 3, Minneapolis-based Fingerhut Cos. announced plans to acquire $180 million Garfield, NJ-based Popular Club Plan from J. Crew Group for an undisclosed