DIVESTITURES: Venator title for sale
When Venator Group, the $6.6 billion New York-based sporting goods retailer, announced its intention to exit eight noncore businesses, at least one of
Sears, Wish Book Christmas 1998
The “big book” concept, an endangered species in the United States, is alive and well and thriving north of the border. Hitting the mailbox at an even
Crutchfield, Winter/Spring 1999
Inside! Sonic knockouts. Car audio that’ll rock your world.” With these cover lines, Crutchfield wastes no time positioning its catalog of consumer electronics
When Irish eyes are buying
Two years ago, when U.S.-born Jennifer Grimes founded Dublin-based home products catalog Grimes & Co., Ireland represented a mail order frontier. “I had
Peanuts Shopper’s Selection, 1998 Spring-Summer
From bookends to pajamas to the obligatory T-shirts and baseball caps, the characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip appear on hundreds of items in Japanese
Backroads, 1999/2000
Backroads celebrated its 20th anniversary by mailing a massive catalog crammed with spectacular photography and enticing descriptions to lure travelers
SMART Selections ’99
Some judges love the United Kingdom’s Office SMART’s SMART Selections magalog. Some don’t. But they all agree that when it comes to adding panache to
PROSPECTING: Searching for more seniors
More catalogers are anxious to market to this booming segmentThe U.S. Census Bureau forecasts that the percentage of the U.S. population over 54 years
Restoration Hardware, Holiday 1998
Forget everything you ever knew about designing a catalog cover. The cover of the Holiday 1998 edition of Restoration Hardware blows away our judging
Black Box, 1999 Edition
Did the U.K. version of Black Box curry favor from the judges by touting its 1998 Gold Award on the cover? Well, one judge claims that “highlighting the