4Q, Full-Year Sales Up at Drugstore.com
Fourth-quarter and full-year net sales rose for Bellevue, WA-based Drugstore.com (Nasdaq: DSCM), registering 2.1% and 4.1% increases, respectively, for the period ended Dec. 31, 2006.
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Hanesbrands’ Sales Slip, Profits Dive
Winston Salem, NC-based Hanesbrands, which began operating as a publicly traded company on Sept. 5, 2006, reported financial results for its first quarter and six-month transition period ended Dec. 30, 2006.
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Swimsuit deal inspires Venus envy Some catalogers have all the luck. Women’s apparel merchant Venus was named the official swimwear brand for the 2007
Movers & shakers
Pia Ferrario has been promoted to CEO of Victoria’s Secret Direct, a division of Columbus, OH-based Limited Brands. She had been executive vice president
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Too dog-gone cute I couldn’t help but chuckle at your editor’s column, Gone to the dogs, in December’s issue. I’ve been a print production manager for
Third quarter’s not the charm
All but one of the publicly traded consumer merchants tracked by Multichannel Merchant increased their third-quarter sales in 2006. On the other side
Art & Artifact parent buys Bas Bleu
Universal Screen Arts, the parent company of the Art & Artifact, Signals, What on Earth, and Wireless gifts and decor catalogs, acquired books cataloger
Guitar Center to Buy Woodwind & the Brasswind–Again
In the past two months, cataloger/retailer Guitar Center tried, but failed, to acquire South Bend, IN-based cataloger The Woodwind & the Brasswind. This week, though, its acquisition of the multititle mailer has been approved
Merz’s Smallflower.com Grows
Merz Apothecary is proof that even small, old-time retailers can become successful multichannel merchants. The company, which has had a shop in Chicago for more than 130 years,