MCM AWARDS 2010 FINALISTS

| MCM staff

The judges have selected the finalists in Multichannel Merchant’s MCM AWARDS. The judging panel named 51 print channel finalists and 21 Web channel finalists.

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| Ken Magill

Though some multichannel merchants still have yet to take the plunge into online customer product ratings and reviews, many of those who have are seeing

GENERAL MERCH NAMES FALL OFF

| Tim Parry

THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE CATALOG MARKET LOST ABOUT 200,000 ACTIVE NAMES in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to New York-based list brokerage firm

Avon Buys U.K. Skincare Brand

| Jim Tierney

Avon Products has acquired Liz Earle Beauty Co., a privately held U.K. brand of naturally active skincare products. Terms of the all-cash deal, which closed March 25, were not disclosed.