Print Still King for Catalogers

| Ken Magill

While traditional catalogers are no longer the e-commerce naysayers they were in the late 1990s, print is still king, according to the Direct Marketing Association’s Multichannel Marketing in the Catalog Industry report.

Postal Reform Gets Down to the Wire

| MCM staff

After 11 years and enough drama, close calls, and finger-pointing to fuel a season’s worth of episodes of the late “West Wing,” Congress passed a sweeping postal reform bill overnight Dec. 9.

Blair’s Zawacki to Retire

| MCM staff

John Zawacki, the president/CEO of apparel and home goods cataloger Blair Corp. since December 1999, will retire on April 1.

Financial Reports: Delia’s, Blyth

| MCM staff

Despite growth in its catalog and Internet division, manufacturer/marketer Blyth posted a third-quarter loss. But teen apparel and sports gear cataloger/retailer Delia’s narrowed its loss for the quarter