Movers & shakers
San Francisco-based gifts merchant RedEnvelope has named Frank Buettner chief operating officer. Buettner was previously vice president of operations
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New ballgame for Sportsman’s Guide
The Sportsman’s Guide expanded beyond hunting and other outdoor gear with its June 2004 purchase of The Golf Warehouse (TGW). Now the South St. Paul,
Bergdorf Goodman enjoys online presence
Michael Crotty, senior vice president of marketing for high-end apparel retailer Bergdorf Goodman, says that parent company Neiman Marcus Group always
Redcats testing plus-size title
A new catalog from plus-size apparel retail chain Avenue is actually the brainchild of the Redcats USA catalog division of French conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute
A high-stepping finale
The majority of the publicly traded business-to-business merchants tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT ended 2005 with solid fourth-quarter gains. Year-over-year
FootSmart parent steps out with new shoe catalog
The oldest of the baby boomers are turning 60 this year, but that doesn’t mean they want to wear the same sort of comfy but styleless shoes their grandparents
Reciprocal agreements
Several weeks ago at the Kansas City DM Days I had the privilege and discomfort of speaking after Craig Wood, group president of marketing research firm
Signs of the times
Retailers have any number of display and signage options available to them: digital signs, high-quality wall-size posters, danglers, power wings, gondolas,
Coated freesheet up another 5%
Another quarter, another paper price increase. Five major North American producers of coated freesheet Domtar, International Paper, New Page, Sappi Fine
A cautious kick-off
Catalogers kicked off 2006 cautiously if the number of books received by Catalog Tracker is any indication. In January the service of Greenwich, CT-based