Movers & shakers
Madison, WI-based gifts and home decor merchant The Guild has appointed Lisa Bayne CEO. Bayne, who has been a member of The Guild’s board since November
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Abercrombie store photos an illegal eyeful
Abercrombie & Fitch years ago frequently found itself in hot water over the racy photos and content in its now-defunct A&F Quarterly magalog. The apparel
Show Time
If it’s your job to select and develop products for catalogs, Websites, or stores, you know that trade shows are a way of life. You might even say that
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Game not on for BN.com A Multichannel Merchant staffer recently ordered the board game Blokus Trigon from BN.com, the Website of bookseller Barnes & Noble.
My funny Valentine
It’s not easy to get my attention during the week we’re going to press. And closing this issue was particularly challenging, as more and more merchants
AeroGrow Reaping Rewards of Catalog
AeroGrow’s catalog is pushing the company
Cash Crunch for Blue Sky Brands
Blue Sky Brands, the parent company of catalogers Paragon Gifts, Bits and Pieces, Bits and Pieces U.K., National Wildlife Direct, and Wintherthur, is facing such severe cash-flow problems that it hasn
L.L. Bean Heads to Chicago
In its first retail expansion outside the Northeast corridor, L.L. Bean in September will open a store in the Chicago area.