In keeping with its plans to get out of catalogs, J.C. Penney this year will close underperforming stores, phase out its outlet business, and streamline its call center and custom decorating operations
Catalogers received some good news today when the U.S. Postal Service filed for an inflation-based rate increase that would reflect less than a 1% rise in Standard Mail flats.
The Affordable Mail Alliance objects to a Dec. 10 ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission that allows the U.S. Postal Service to bank a negative CPI (Consumer Price Index) instead of using it to lower the subsequent CPI rate adjustment cap.
Due to ongoing integration of women’s apparel catalogers Willow Ridge and Bedford Fair Lifestyles, 33 people were laid off on Nov. 16, according to Orchard Brands spokesperson Denise Deschenes
JIM TIERNEY: It’s hard to know what to make of Jack Potter’s decision to retire as U.S. Postmaster General on Dec. 3. Should catalogers be relieved, apprehensive,
Spot prices for paper increased in 2010 by an average of about 20% for most coated groundwood grades. That’s a significant hit to mailers, says Dan Walsh,
Going into a new year is always a good time to review what you’re doing and where you could improve. The past few years have been so challenging (and
Many business-to-business merchants design their catalogs using a
The News Last Month that the Postal Regulatory Commission had unanimously rejected the U.S. Postal Service’s request for an exigent rate case hike was
Neiman Marcus Last Month Revealed its Christmas Book, signifying a return to extravagance (not that extravagance ever really went away for the high-end