RX for 1-800-PetMeds

| MCM staff

Billing itself as America’s Largest Pet Pharmacy, the 1-800-PetMeds catalog is devoted to helping pet owners keep their Fidos and Fluffys healthy. But

Slim-jims get squeezed

| Jim Tierney

Letter-size catalogs, aka “slim-jims” have helped many a mailer get through tough times by reducing postage and paper costs. But a proposed rule adjustment to slim-jim

Oriental Trading’s new chief

| Jim Tierney

What does a guy whose strengths are high-tech product lines, Website savvy and international marketing know about running a low-end gifts and novelties

OMS Directory

| MCM staff

ABISON COMPREHENSIVE COMMERCE SUITEwww.abison.com Introduced: 2006 Version: 2.1.0 Company: Abison, founded 1997 Contact: Scott A. Karlo, 888-877-3963,

Sharper Image Sold in Joint Venture

| MCM staff

Sharper Image Corp., which put itself up for sale last month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has been acquired by a joint venture led by units of private investment firms Hilco Consumer Capital Corp. and Gordon Brothers Group.