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As a part of its ongoing brand extension, Corte Madera, CA-based Restoration Hardware will launch Brocade Home in mid-September with a 64-page catalog.

Both BabyUniverse, parent company of cataloger Posh Tots, and cataloger/retailer Dover Saddlery reported bottom-line erosion during the second quarter despite revenue gains.

Jersey City, NJ-based Best Manufacturing Group, a uniform company founded in 1914, announced this week it filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for New Jersey in Newark.

Strong sales weren’t enough to prevent a decline in annual income for 1-800-Flowers.com. But J.C. Penney posted a double-digit increase in its second-quarter income.

Due to a steady decline in sales, the Winterthur Museum has suspended its gifts catalog indefinitely

Philadelphia

Marketing solutions provider Abacus’s annual multichannel trend report shows a 14% rise in sales and transactions in 2005.

Results of the Online Retail Holiday Readiness Report indicate a shift from price-based promotions to relationship marketing initiatives such as e-mail marketing and search engine marketing, which allow retailers to understand visitor intent and leverage behavior-based insights to target customers with relevant messages that strengthen relationships.

Philadelphia-based apparel and home decor merchant Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN), which mails the Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters titles, reported an 11% increase in its direct-to-consumer business, which includes the Anthropologie, Free People, and Urban Outfitters catalogs.