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Following Dismal Holiday Sales and the worsening economy, news of companies laying off workers just keeps coming. Here are just a few of the multichannel

Furniture Merchant Design Within Reach announced Feb. 2 it has hired investment banking firm Thomas Weisel Partners to help it review strategic alternatives.

Most of your time is no doubt focused on keeping your business moving forward, hiring and managing people, and servicing your customers. And there’s never

Maybe the U.S. Postal Service is finally trying to give catalogers a break. The USPS announced Feb. 10 that price increases for Standard Mail Flats the

A look at the outdoor products market list universe

Given that this month we report on the rise in retail returns fraud, a dearth of industry mergers and acquisitions, and the steady

It’s Lights Out for candles merchant Illuminations. Parent company Yankee Holding Corp., which also owns the Yankee Candle Co., is shutting down the Illuminations

Even though new First Lady Michelle Obama has been providing J. Crew with a steady stream of good publicity, the apparel cataloger/retailer is under the same cost pressures as every other merchant today.