Unlikely Bedfellows: Redcats USA to Buy Sportsman’s Guide
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 St. Paul, MN-based The Sportsman
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ACCM Show Daily: Bill Crutchfield on Building Crutchfield
Many people talk a good game about building a
ACCM Show Daily: Who’s Here and Why
Why do attendees come to the Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM)? Is it to listen to presentations from their peers and industry experts? To shop for goods and services in the Exhibit Hall? To catch up with colleagues they haven
ACCM by the Numbers
For all the numbers that show organizers like to throw at you, the biggest number this year is one. This is the first Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM).
ACCM Show Daily: What’s News in the Exhibit Hall
What better place to introduce products and services for multichannel merchants than at the largest conference for multichannel merchants. Here
Financial Reports: United Stationers, Cabela’s, Harry & David, and More
For the first quarter, United Stationers, Cabela’s, Harry & David Holdings, Gaiam, and Blue Nile all had good news to report on at least one side of their ledgers.
April Sales Roundup
A different month but the same disappointing story for Sharper Image Corp. For the other publicly traded companies tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT, however, April was far from the cruelest month.
MCM Live – Travel
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Standard Mailers Could See 9% Postal Rate Hike
Better prepare to pay more in postage: The U.S. Postal Service on May 3 filed a proposal with the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) seeking an average overall rate hike of about 8.5%, with a 9% increase for standard mail. Priority Mail is proposed to increase by 13.8%; Express Mail by 12.5%; package services by 13.4%; and periodicals by 11.7%. The proposed price increases would take affect in mid-2007.
Blair to Cease Envelope Mailings
In the press release announcing its first-quarter results, Warren, PA-based Blair Corp. attributed its 4.5% decline in sales to