Schein to swallow another

| MCM staff

Another week, another Henry Schein acquisition. This week the medical, dental, and veterinary supplies merchant is setting its sights down under:

May sales roundup

| MCM staff

May was not a kind month to most of the publicly traded companies tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT.

Schein Sinks Teeth Into Dental Supplier Deal

| Jim Tierney

Henry Schein has gobbled up another company. The Melville, NY-based medical, dental, and veterinary supplies merchant on June 4 announced an agreement to buy the full-service and special markets businesses of New York-based Becker-Parkin Dental Supply Co.

Backword

| MCM staff

Maine twosome ticked off at L.L. Bean’s use of state tartan L.L. Bean may be a Maine mainstay, but a Plymouth, ME, couple is charging that the cataloger

Bass Pro Shops Debuts Women’s Apparel Title

| Tim Parry

Bass Pro Shops isn’t just about rugged outdoorsmen, and it wants women to know that. So in March the cataloger/retailer of outdoor gear launched the 80-page Bass Pro Shops Collections, its first book to target women.