Eddie Bauer’s direct sales slip 13%
First-quarter direct sales at Eddie Bauer Holdings, the parent company of Redmond, WA-based apparel and home goods cataloger/retailer Eddie Bauer, fell 13%, to $54.6 million, for the period ended April 1.
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Waiting for the activity to heat up
Anemic is one word to describe industry mergers and acquisitions activity during the first quarter, says Craig Battle, managing director of Princeton,
In the store with Girlshop
Previously an online-only merchant of trendy women’s clothing and accessories, Girlshop opened its first store in March 2005 in New York’s Meatpacking
New lists
PersonalizationMall.com Package Insert Program An online merchant of personalized gifts, PersonalizationMall.com expects to ship at least 290,000 packages
Unlikely bedfellows
New York-based multititle cataloger Redcats USA is turning its attention to the outdoors. On May 5 it announced a definitive agreement to acquire South
Guild’s jewel of a catalog
Madison, WI-based The Guild, a purveyor of artworks, decor, and jewelry, made good on its promise to launch a spin-off this spring. Titled Artful Jewelry
New book, division for Swiss Colony
Monroe, WI-based Swiss Colony is expanding with two new initiatives. The $500 million-plus multititle mailer in February launched a direct selling arm,
Do cover designers even look inside?
Here’s where I irritate even more catalogers than I usually do. I have three questions for catalog creative teams: 1) What does your catalog cover say
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Wakeside When John Hellweg started Wakeside.com in 2002 as a high school senior project, he had no idea that the company would become the world’s largest
6 tips for selecting a printer
Catalogers spend nearly 40% of their total marketing expenses on printing and postage, according to the 2005 Multichannel Merchant Benchmark Report on