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Green Mountain Buys Van Houtte

| Tim Parry

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters acquired LJVH Holdings, the parent company of Canadian gourmet coffee brand Van Houtte, for $890 million. The deal was announced Sept. 14 in Green Mountain

MailExpress Relaunches as Streamlite

| Jim Tierney

MailExpress, a national business-to-consumer lightweight package delivery company, is now known as Streamlite. Atlanta-based Streamlite specializes in low-cost, trackable delivery of parcels weighing 5 lbs. or less.

Summer Cargo Crisis Eases Up

| MCM staff

It was widely reported this summer that retailers were paying at least twice as much as last year in cargo freight costs, thanks to rising demand for imports combined with shrinking space on cargo ships. The situation in early summer had some merchants fearing they wouldn

Silver Winner Performance Bicycle is on a Roll

| Tim Parry

Comprehensive product information and excellent merchandising, coupled with strong branding and a super multichannel strategy, make Performance Bicycle a 2010 MCM Awards winner. Buying guides and how-to sections make this site much more than just an online order form for the company

Gold-Winner eBags Keeps Getting Better

| Tim Parry

Niche e-commerce sites come and go, but online handbags and accessories seller eBags continues to be a powerhouse. 2010 marked the 10th-consecutive year that eBags took home a Gold in the MCM Awards competition; this time in the Consumer Specialty Products, Sales Over $20 million category.

Print Catalog of the Year

| Melissa Dowling

L L. Bean’s Fall 2009 edition is 200 pages of sheer perfection. The design and production values are gorgeous, the book is packed with unique, quality merchandise

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