People

| MCM staff

Kim Myers is now managing editor of outdoor apparel and equipment cataloger Patagonia, based in Ventura, CA.Gift catalog Eximious has named Jeff Parnell

Thinking outside the mailbox

| Lisa Henderson

Let’s say a cataloger of tabletop items is discontinuing a china pattern. Database triggers could stimulate this mailer to telephone all the high-value

SANTA’S MIXED BAG

| Mark Del Franco

Call it a tale of two segments: For many catalogers of gifts, gadgets, and other hard goods, the holiday season delivered double-digit sales gains over

Privacy clampdown

| Shannon Oberndorf

According to the Data Protection Directive of the European Union (EU), which went into effect Oct. 25, nations belonging to the EU are forbidden to transmit

Rewarding strategies

| Moira Pascale

Bruce Green is director of finance and marketing for Lady Grace Stores, a cataloger/ retailer of women’s intimate apparel. Annual catalog sales, less

Reaching into retail

| Jack Schmid

Despite their differences, catalogs and retail have always had a close relationship. After all, cataloging sprang from the retail sector in the late 1800s

People

| MCM staff

Kim Myers is now the managing editor of Patagonia in Ventura, CA.Eximious has named Jeff Parnell as CEO. Parnell had been vice president of marketing

‘Professional’ buyers

| Lynn Dougherty

Mailing to the office is a necessary tactic for business catalogs, but many consumer catalogers have also been finding that it pays off to reach prospects

A fulfilling opportunity

| Mark Del Franco

As the Internet becomes an increasingly viable sales channel, catalogers such as Fingerhut, Hanover Direct, and Stark Bros. have begun providing back-end