Women’s apparel universe now on the wane
Welcome to a new monthly feature Market Snapshot, based on data from New York-based media brokerage services firm ParadyszMatera. Each month we’ll take
News
Boffo sales, so-so earnings for 3Q
Business is booming sort of. Among the 12 publicly traded business-to-business merchants tracked by Catalog Age, all but one posted a rise in third-quarter
1-800-Flowers blooms after redo
Westbury, NY-based gifts merchant 1-800-Flowers.com is perhaps better known for its radio spots and Website than for its print catalog. But a recent creative
THT Designs spins off kids’ catalog
Thanks in large part to catalogs such as Pottery Barn Kids and Company Kids, there’s a wealth of merchants selling furnishings for children. And Omaha,
LISTINGS
New lists SmartBargains.com An online marketer of off-price apparel, home electronics, decor, and other products, SmartBargains.com has the postal addresses
Notice anything different?
As you can see, we’ve been busy with our own version of Extreme Makeover here at Catalog Age headquarters. Thanks to creative director Richard Zoehrer
Letters
Fan of fed article The lead article in the November issue, Fed spending shift by Mark Del Franco, is outstanding. I have been in the catalog business
Movers & shakers
Itasca, IL-based office supplies cataloger/retailer OfficeMax appointed Brian Anderson executive vice president of finance/chief financial officer. Anderson
Woodcraft carves a new magazine
Last month Catalog Age reported that cataloger/retailer Penzeys Spices was starting a magazine. Now Parkersburg, WV-based woodworking supplies merchant
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Yule tie one on with the tie tree Perhaps taking a page from Neiman Marcus’s over-the-top holiday gifts, buttoned-down apparel cataloger/ retailer Brooks