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A.B. Lambdin Sold
A.B. Lambdin, a $15 million swimsuit cataloger, has been sold to ABL Holdings Corp., an entity formed specifically for the deal. ABL
Mondays Not Blue for Holiday Marketers
Online marketers should welcome Mondays during the holiday shopping season, according to new research from online marketing analyst Atlas, because that
Holiday Sales Outlook: The Pundits Say…
With gas prices and consumer confidence being what they are, it’s unlikely that merchants are expecting bountiful sales growth this year, and industry experts now confirm that they won’t get it.
Takkt Homes in on National Business Furniture
Milwaukee-based National Business Furniture has agreed to be acquired by Takkt, the Stuttgart, Germany-based multititle merchant whose U.S. properties include industrial supplier K+K America.
Pets United Acquires Country Supply
Hazelton, PA-based Pets United, the parent company of cataloger The Dog
PFSweb to Acquire eCost.com
Plano, TX-based PFSweb hopes to go beyond offering e-commerce solutions for online merchants to becoming an online merchant: It has agreed to buy online discount retailer eCost.com
Another Strong Quarter for Urban Outfitters
Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters, the multichannel apparel and home goods merchant whose brands
include Anthropologie and Free People, posted a 32% jump
in third-quarter direct sales.
Financial Reports: Broder Bros., PC Mall, Blue Nile
Red ink for b-to-b sportswear distributor Broder Bros., a decline in income from continuing operations for PC Mall–but good news from online jeweler Blue Nile.
Live from Ad:Tech: The Age of “Sisomo”
New York–Traditional direct marketers who believe a campaign’s success depends 80% on the offer and the people it reaches would have been hard pressed to find a point with which they could relate in the Monday afternoon keynote at this week’s Ad:Tech conference.