LARRY RIGGS

| Jim Tierney

AS MAIL VOLUME IS PREDICTED TO KEEP PLUMMETING, Postmaster General John E. Potter said in a March 2 address that a modest exigent postal rate increase

FINGERHUT IS NOW BLUESTEM BRANDS

| Jim Tierney

FINGERHUT DIRECT MARKETING IS NO MORE. The general merchant announced in February that it has changed its corporate name to Bluestem Brands. Bain Capital

MONOMOY BUYS CASUAL LIVING

| Jim Tierney

PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM MONOMOY CAPITAL PARTNERS ACQUIRED women’s apparel cataloger Casual Living USA in February. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Monomoy

Movers and Shakers

| MCM staff

J.C. Penney Co. has promoted John J. Tighe to senior vice president/general merchandise manager of its home business. Tighe, who had been senior vice

Finally Some Signs of Recovery

| Jim Tierney

IT MAY BE TOO SOON TO CELEBRATE, but fourth-quarter financial results among the publicly traded business-to-business and computer products merchants tracked

SELLING IN THE NEW ECONOMY

| Jim Tierney

THE NEW ECONOMY IS THE INTERSECTION OF technology and change, said David Solomon, co-CEO of investment firm Lazard Middle Market, during his session at