ATD-American Acquires Adirondack Direct

| Tim Parry

ATD-American, a direct merchant of business and institutional furniture and equipment, announced Jan. 31 that it has acquired a similar business-to-business cataloger, Adirondack Direct, for an undisclosed sum.

TALES FROM THE FRONT

| MCM staff

amozon.com skips holiday upgrade Online behemoth Amazon.com aced the holiday, with glowing reports that this was its best-selling season ever. One Multichannel

CORRECTION:

| MCM staff

In the December issue chart of industry mergers and acquisitions on page 10, we stated that Kellwood Co. was acquired by Sun Capital Partners in September.

back word

| MCM staff

Crappy new year from Shopit Did you get stuck with a clunker of a Christmas gift? Social shopping community site Shopit.com is spending $10,000 on two

Movers & shakers

| MCM staff

Watsonville, CA-based boating supplier West Marine has named Geoff Eisenberg president/CEO. Eisenberg, the former head of Salz Leathers, has worked on

Financial Reports: PC Connection, Transcat, Zones

| MCM staff

Information technology products merchant PC Connection improved its fourth-quarter and 12-month sales over the previous periods. Net sales for the three months ended Dec. 31 increased 13% to $489.6 million from the same period last year.