Financial Reports: Blair, Aviall
Profitability is the name of the game these days at apparel and home products marketer Blair Corp., and Aviall’s direct division helped boost its bottom line
News
Home Depot Continues Its MRO Push
Further augmenting its push into the $410 billion maintenance, repair, and
operations (MRO) marketplace, Atlanta-based The Home Depot on July 19 agreed to acquire $1.5 billion National Waterworks
Holdings
Strong Second Quarter for CDW
Vernon Hills, IL-based computer reseller CDW Corp. (Nasdaq: CDWC) achieved
record second-quarter results.
Job Outlook Optimistic for Direct Marketers
Direct marketing job seekers, rejoice. Your prospects remain positive,
Multichannel Mix and Match
For consumer catalogers, a mean 36% of their direct sales come in via the Web, according to MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT
Co-Registration: An Overlooked Prospecting Tool
Among respondents to the December 2004 Ad:Tech survey by MarketingSherpa, 45% considered response to e-mail campaigns to their house list as
Circulation Outlook: Keep Prospecting
The short-term economic outlook for the catalog industry continues to be reasonably positive through the third quarter, according to Don Libey, cofounder/managing director of Philadelphia- and Cherry Hill, NJ-based investment and advisory firm Libey-Concordia.
Live from the MeritDirect Co-Op: Libey Says…
Not even the hotel fire alarm could stop Don Libey from analyzing the major issues of the day and prognosticating regarding what
Live from the MeritDirect Co-Op: Putting Faith in Customer Service
When it comes to customer service, Mike Faith, founder/CEO of San Francisco-based Headsets.com, is a zealot. He has to be: Faith
E-Mail Authentication Not Enough, Say Experts
On the heels of Microsoft