Henry Schein has gobbled up another company. The Melville, NY-based medical, dental, and veterinary supplies merchant on June 4 announced an agreement to buy the full-service and special markets businesses of New York-based Becker-Parkin Dental Supply Co.
Although Aerosoles has had a print catalog since 1992, the company
Think of it as the catalogers’ equivalent of first you get mad; then you get even. When they learned, in late February, that the postal rates for Standard
When Market Snapshot focused on the men’s apparel catalog market in 2005 and 2006, appeared in the headline each time. If we weren’t so reluctant to repeat
In its 97 years in business, Blair Corp. has been through a lot. The apparel and home goods merchant has gone from loose-sheet mailers to bound catalogs, from housecoats to careerwear, from targeting mature consumers to chasing baby boomers.
But after 14 consecutive quarters of sales declines, Blair needs to change its course.
As catalogers struggle to deal with the new postal rates, there’s been a lot of talk about reduction: Many mailers plan to offset costs by reducing trim size, circulation, and page counts. But the rate hike may inspire one type of increase
Walter Drake is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, but the old dog has at least a few new tricks
Forty percent of catalogers are considering cutting their overall circulation in response to last month’s postal rate hikes, according to an exclusive Multichannel Merchant survey
In the 16 years he has run Duluth Trading Co., founder/CEO Steve Schlecht has learned a lot about traveling, and he wants to share his wisdom
The May 14 postal rate hike may inspire some catalogers to consider alternate delivery options. At least that’s what one direct-to-door delivery service provider is hoping.