Listings

| MCM staff

New lists Eastern Mountain Sports Catalog Buyers A retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, Eastern Mountain Sports recently launched a catalog, which has

Going Solo: Postcards and Solo Mailings

| Jim Tierney

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

Stake Your Claim

| MCM staff

“It’s a hard world to get a break in / All the good things have been taken.” When the Animals sang those lyrics in 1965, they certainly weren’t thinking

List and Data Strategies: Spring-Clean Those House Files!

| Tim Parry

Catalogers could never afford to waste paper and postage mailing to old or incorrect addresses; with the new postal changes, keeping your list as clean as possible is more important than ever. And once the Postal Service’s stricter address standardization rules go into effect in August, unkempt lists will be even more costly.