To keep growing, Sharper Image prunes
Sharper Image Corp. has had a great run: For nine of the 10 past years, the San Francisco-based manufacturer/marketer of high-tech gifts enjoyed sales
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Hanover says goodbye to Gump’s
Weehawken, NJ-based multititle mailer Hanover Direct sold upscale gifts and decor cataloger/retailer Gump’s to a consortium of private investors for $8.5
NEW CATALOGS
SimplySoles Finding designer shoes in rural areas and sometimes even in cities can be tough. Washington-based SimplySoles hopes to solve that problem
Coming up roses
April showers bring May flowers not to mention weeds, insects, and all the other pesky problems that come with gardening. As spring finally settles in,
Operation wholesale
Selling goods to other catalogers or retailers can be big business, since a reseller is likely to buy a lot more from you than an individual consumer
Movers & shakers
Itasca, IL-based office supplies cataloger/retailer OfficeMax announced that Christopher Milliken has resigned as president/CEO/director. Executive chairman
OPERATIONS
Nowhere is the effect of the Internet on the industry clearer than when looking at how orders are received. The respondents to this year’s Catalog Age
Cable Access
Will The Garnet Hill Hour be sandwiched between Rug Gallery and Gold Wardrobing on cable-TV shopping network HSN’s prime-time schedule? Perhaps, once
The lowdown on drill-downs
When it comes to Website drill-downs, you can have too much of a good thing. Navigation that has you drill down from category page to product category
Bauer’s newest new approach
Now that Spiegel Inc. has yanked Eddie Bauer off the selling block and is committed to revitalizing the $1.3 billion business, many industry observers