The U.S. Postal Service is still mum. But Joe Schick, director of postal affairs for Sussex,WI-based printer Quad/Graphics, expects the USPS to announce its 5.4% rate increase by the second week of November and implement the rates by Jan. 15, 2006.
Merrimack, NH-based PC Connection has acquired the assets of
Amherst Technologies, a Manchester, NH-based IT solutions provider that targets midsize and large companies
Divested businesses take a bite out of the bottom line for both medical supplier Henry Schein and apparel and home goods cataloger Blair Corp.
(Direct) Office Depot has filed suit against rival Staples for a series of search-engine ads that used as their keyword the name of Office Depot subsidiary Viking, “The Wall Street Journal” reported Friday.
Hanover Direct subsidiary Brawn of California did not engage in a deceptive business practice by charging customers a $1.48
Shelburne, VT-based Vermont Teddy Bear Co. has got a brand new bag: Gift Bag Boutique, a 48-page catalog that
will mail in late November.
Atlanta–You can move substantial profit to–or from–your bottom line through properly controlled inventory, according to consultant George J. Mollo Jr., principal of consulting firm GJM Associates.
Atlanta–Sometimes the best way to learn how to do something well is to study what crashed and burned. That was the premise of the Oct. 18 session “This Worked. That Didn’t.”
Delray Beach, FL-based Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) posted
a $47.9 million loss during the quarter ended Sept. 24 because of charges due
to the elimination of the domestic Viking Office Products catalog and the
closure of 16 stores.
Is your search advertising program healthy? How do you know? If you outsource, is your agency doing the job well? It would be nice to assume that hiring an expensive specialist guaranteed a clean bill of heath, but malpractice suits are often well-justified.