Home, sweet home catalogs
As the size of the average American home has been creeping upward over the years, so has the size of the 12-month active universe for the home catalogs
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Golden Gate gobbles another
San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital Corp. is wasting no time in its quest to build a billion-dollar family of apparel companies.
Paper prices holding for now
With the fall mailing season under way, paper prices appear to be holding steady a relief for catalogers after a series of increases earlier this year.
Mailers Council seeks standard implementation period
The Mailers Council, an Arlington, VA-based coalition of mailers and mailing associations, in late August released a research paper detailing the benefits
Computing 2Q profits
It was another profitable quarter for the business-to-business and computer marketers tracked for Multichannel Merchant by Wellesley, MA-based investment
Winterthur puts gifts book on hold
Due to a steady decline in sales, the Winterthur Museum has suspended its gifts catalog indefinitely. The Winterthur, DE-based organization, which is
The Ella Starr catalog is born
New York-based apparel manufacturer Mink Marketing has launched Ella Starr, its first catalog and e-commerce site, targeting African-American and Hispanic
Ay Carrumba! Eleventh-Hour Debate Over Parcel Rates Could Kill Postal Reform
As the House and the Senate mull the merits of enacting postal reform, it appears that 11th-hour lobbying efforts brought by private-sector package delivery firms over parcel rates could threaten postal reform, according to Jerry Cerasale, senior vice president of government affairs for the Direct Marketing Association in Washington.
Lake Champlain Chocolates Moving to Greener Pastures
Lake Champlain Chocolates in October is moving its packaging, warehousing, and shipping divisions into a building down the street from its Burlington, VT, headquarters. Not only is the new 47,000 sq. ft.- location more than double the size of its old distribution center, it’s also a whole lot greener.
Eleventh-Hour Debate Over Parcel Rates Could Kill Postal Reform
As the House and the Senate mull the merits of enacting postal reform, it appears that 11th-hour lobbying efforts brought by private-sector package delivery firms over parcel rates could threaten postal reform,