The National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) are becoming one. The executive committees of both associations announced April 21 that they have agreed to a merger that will create a single trade association representing retail interests in Washington.
Third-quarter sales for luxury leather goods cataloger/retailer Coach slipped 1%, to $740 million, down from $745 million for the same period last year. For the period ended March 28, net income declined 24%, to $123 million, from $162 million.
The vice president of marketing for jewelrey and gits cataloger Ross-Simons talks about postal issues affecting the catalog industry, specifically, the future of slim-jim catalogs.
DHL Express plans to move its U.S. hub operations for its international business to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) in Erlanger, KY. The shipper
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AbitibiBowater, one of the largest public paper and forest products company in North America, announced today that it, along with certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, have filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. for bankruptcy protection.
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What are the biggest concerns facing catalog mailers? And what should merchants think about the USPS’s “summer sale” proposal? Arandell vice president of postal affairs Don Landis talks about that and more with Multichannel Merchant senior writer Jim Tierney.
The U.S. Postal Service did not issue any press release or make any announcements on its plans for a summer rate break on postage for any increased standard mail volume for some standard mailers. But the idea of a “summer sale” is not exactly a new one
Aramark Corp. will stop selling its WearGuard-Crest work clothing and accessories brand in its catalog and direct mail pieces. The exit from catalog and direct sales is expected to take place over the course of many months.