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First-quarter sales for apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch decreased 24%, to $612.1 million for the 13-week period ended May 2.

First-quarter direct-to-consumer sales for apparel and home decor merchant Urban Outfitters increased 4%.

First-quarter sales for The Yankee Candle Co. decreased 10.8%, to $125.7 million.

Sports equipment merchant Sport Supply Group saw its third-quarter revenue slip 3.1%, to $63.7 million, down from $65.8 million in the same period last year.

The largest printer in North America, R.R. Donnelley, has offered to buy printer Quebecor World for $1.35 billion in cash and stock.

Computers manufacturer/marketer Systemax has won a bankruptcy auction for the e-commerce business and intellectual property of Circuit City Stores.

Gear and outerwear merchant Moosejaw Mountaineering has launched its first catalog to focus completely on backpacking and climbing gear.

Regardless of what you may have convinced your customers to believe, there is no such thing as

Third-quarter net sales at Harry & David Holdings increased 9.7%, to $74.9 million for the 13 weeks ended March 28. The food gifts merchant

Gina Valentino, president of the consultancy firm Hemisphere Marketing, who is also a columnist for Multichannel Merchant and a judge for the annual MCM Awards, is here to talk about some of the things catalogers can do right now to not only get a better-looking book in front of their customers and prospects, but one that will drive sales as well.