A Comeback for Chiasso
Three months after Chicago-based Chiasso filed for bankruptcy protection, the gifts and home goods cataloger/retailer was acquired by CCS Capital, a Northfield,
Production Page: Evolutionor Revolution?
Mechanicals. Waxers. Live type. Nonrepro pencils. If you’ve been in the industry for fewer than 10 years, those terms may mean nothing to you. But if
Terror Alerts Boost Safety Products Sales
Not everyone rushed to local stores to buy duct tape and bottled water in the days after Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge announced a heightened
Chiasso Sold for $700,400
Talk of profitability is rolling off the tongue of the new owner of Chicago-based Chiasso–just months after the company’s January Chapter 11 filing.
Paper Update: Expect More Price Hikes
After January’s modest increase in paper prices, most mills in February proposed increasing the prices of lightweight coated (LWC) and supercalendered-A
Eziba Rebounding from Warehouse Collapse
The blizzard that attacked the East Coast on Presidents’ Day weekend caused the roof of fulfillment services provider ClientLogic’s warehouse in Dover,
Chiasso Gets an Offer
Two months after Chicago-based cataloger/retailer Chiasso filed Chapter 11 and announced it would close 10 of its 14 retail stores, the company has signed
U.S. Plastic’s Web Overhaul Boosts Sales
Little things can mean a lot. In the case of United States Plastic Corp. (USP), adding content and a few value-added services to its Websites has doubled
Are Spin-offs Paying Off?
By all accounts, spring 2001 wasn’t the best time to launch a catalog spin-off. The Internet crash of late 2000 was infecting the economy at large like