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October Sales Roundup
If fall sales can predict holiday results, then four of the five publicly traded companies tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT are in store for a profitable Christmas.
Financial Reports: Schein, Cabela’s
Medical, dental, and veterinary supplier Henry Schein enjoyed double-digit growth during the third quarter, but income at cataloger/retailer Cabela’s slid despite record revenue.
R.R. Donnelley to Buy Banta for $1.3 Billion
Chicago-based R.R. Donnelley & Sons, the largest printer in North America, agreed on Oct. 31 to buy Menasha, WI-based printer Banta Corp. for $1.3 billion in cash.
Financial Reports: Golfsmith, RedEnvelope
Cataloger/retailer Golfsmith keeps fiscal matters neatly on the fairway for the third quarter, while gifts merchant RedEnvelope received a top-line gift of its own
Thalheimer out as Sharper Image CEO
For Sharper Image shareholders, enough was finally enough. On Sept. 25, following 18 months of shrinking sales and profits, Sharper Image Corp. founder
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Then: Terry SportSkorts debuted as a test spin-off of the Terry Precision Cycling catalog in January 2001. About 105,000 copies of the 24-page book mailed.
back word
Rosy outlook for J&P’s papal posy Horticultural products merchant Jackson & Perkins this spring debuted a commemorative hybrid tea rose in honor of the
TIDBITS
Office Depot eliminates 250 jobs Boca Raton, FL-based Office Depot will eliminate about 250 contact center jobs over the next four months, according to
Movers & shakers
Plano, TX-based general merchant J.C. Penney Co. has appointed Thomas M. Nealon executive vice president/chief information officer. Nealon will oversee