Black Box, 1999 Edition

| Peter Girard

Did the U.K. version of Black Box curry favor from the judges by touting its 1998 Gold Award on the cover? Well, one judge claims that “highlighting the

NO FIGHTING THE POSTAL SERVICE

| MCM staff

In the wake of the July 27 ruling rejecting the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers’ lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service, Jerry Cerasale, senior vice president,

Not bugged by Y2K worries

| Moira Pascale

This month’s questionWhat are your Y2K concerns?None of the catalogers we spoke to this month claim to be particularly concerned with the possibility

Black Box, Fall/Winter 1998-1999

| Laura Beaudry

There are so many good things about the Black Box Fall/Winter catalog of computer networking products that one almost doesn’t know where to begin. “This

Jackson & Perkins, Roses 1999

| Sherry Chiger

With copy that “really speaks to retailers” and “an incredible amount of exclusive and new merchandise,” Jackson & Perkins rises above the field and captures

Mountain Travel-Sobek, 1999

| Peter Girard

Mountain Travel-Sobek, like its competitor and Silver Award winner Backroads, celebrates an anniversary with its 1999 catalog. Mountain Travel-Sobek turns

Harry and David, Christmas 1998

| Laura Beaudry

One word is typically all you need to describe a Harry and David food catalog: yum. And this Christmas book, which tied for the Silver Award, is no exception.

Eddie Bauer

| Moira Pascale

In search of the perfect oxford shirt? Eddie Bauer invites you to turn the virtual pages of its Gold Award-winning Web catalog, where you’re likely to