WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
In this new monthly feature, we’ll be catching up with merchants that we’d featured in our New Catalogs or New Web Catalogs department in the past. Kicking
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A ha-ha at Hanna’s expense If you’ve ever perused apparel cataloger Hanna Andersson’s holiday editions and wondered what kind of dysfunctional family
Ealing heads home
After spending more than eight years in the U.S., optics and laser accessories manufacturer/marketer Ealing Catalog is returning to the U.K., where it
Rebuilding Block
Money makes the world go ’round. And for decades, manufacturing and marketing money-handling supplies made Block and Co. go ’round. But changes in the
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The right staff Coping with chronic absenteeism or apathy among your warehouse employees? It could be that they’re simply not the right people for the
Holiday 2005: So Far, So Okay
Back in November, predictions regarding holiday sales ranged from mildly optimistic (up 2%-4% over last year, according to the director of the Purdue Retail Institute and Center for Customer Driven Quality) to strongly so (up 6%, according to the National Retail Federation). So how did the season shake out? Again, it depends on whom you ask.
The Year in Review: 2005
There are two year-end traditions you can count on from the media: a review of the year that
DMA Dumps on Proposed Online Tax Bills
Two bills introduced Dec. 20 would allow states to force online sellers to collect sales taxes for all state and local taxing jurisdictions, and the New York-based Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is not happy about them.
1-800-Flowers.com Pitches E-Mail to Strike-Struck New Yorkers
As New York City workers and residents grappled with the devastating effects of the city