Movers & shakers

| MCM staff

Apparel cataloger/retailer The Talbots has named Trudy F. Sullivan president/CEO. Sullivan had most recently been president of Liz Claiborne; before that

Revenge of the nerd

| MCM staff

It seems the people have spoken! I was surprised and pleased to discover that the Multichannel Merchant readers voted my X-treme Geek headline (Finally,

Sporting Life Launching Website

| Jim Tierney

To extend the Sporting Life brand beyond geographic limitations, the Toronto-based retailer of sporting goods, athletic wear, footwear, and fashion will this fall open an e-commerce site.

Brookstone Bouncing Back

| MCM staff

Second-quarter net sales for gifts and gadgets cataloger/retailer Brookstone (Nasdaq: BKST), which mails the Hard-to-Find Tools, Gardener

Sales, Income Fizzle for Celebrate Express

| MCM staff

For the fiscal year ended May 31, sales at Celebrate Express slipped 2%, to $85.2 million from $87.0 million. The Kirkland, WA-based party supplies cataloger reported net income of a mere $43,000, compared with $405,000 the previous fiscal year.