Sales Gain, Income Erosion for Neiman Marcus
Annual sales for Dallas-based cataloger/retailer The Neiman Marcus Group (NYSE: NMG.A), which mails the high-end Neiman Marcus and Horchow titles, increased 9%, to $4.1 billion
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Road Runner Sports races toward retail
San Diego-based running equipment and apparel cataloger Road Runner Sports is revving up its retail expansion plans. By year’s end, the 23-year-old company
Preparing for the Postal Rate Hike
Any impending postal rate increase has catalogers scrambling for ways to minimize the financial hit, from reducing page counts and printing on lighter
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Then: In May 2002, Parsippany, NJ-based Nabisco, a division of Kraft Foods, launched a print catalog to accompany its NabiscoGifts.com e-commerce site.
TALES FROM THE FRONT
Wisteria gets wistful A Multichannel Merchant staffer in late July ordered a blue bedding set from the Wisteria Website as part of the Dallas-based home
Thalheimer Out as Sharper Image CEO
Following 18 months of shrinking sales and profits, Sharper Image Corp. founder Richard Thalheimer, the merchandising visionary who made high-end gadgetry accessible to the masses, was replaced as chairman/CEO
Eleventh-Hour Debate Over Parcel Rates Could Kill Postal Reform
As the House and the Senate mull the merits of enacting postal reform, it appears that 11th-hour lobbying efforts brought by private-sector package delivery firms over parcel rates could threaten postal reform,
Live from NEMOA: Print Is Alive and Well
Saratoga Springs, NY
Live from NEMOA: Sales Promotions a Subject of Debate
Saratoga Springs, NY–Sales promotions or no sales promotions? That was the question posed during a session at the