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Henry Schein Acquires Northeast Dental Distributor
Looking to bolster its presence in the Northeastern U.S., especially in the Boston area, Melville, NY-based medical dental and veterinary giant Henry Schein (NASDAQ: HSIC) acquired $20 million Windsor, CT-based Barton-Cyker Dental Supply.
Despite Direct Gains, Restoration Hardware’s Loss Increases
Thanks to a 78% increase in direct sales, Corte Madera, CA-based home decor and gifts cataloger/retailer Restoration Hardware (Nasdaq: RSTO) grew its sales 23% overall.
Net Loss Widens at Casual Male
Canton, MA-based cataloger/retailer Casual Male Retail Group (Nasdaq: CMRG), whose brands include Casual Male Big & Tall, Rochester Big & Tall, and the George Foreman clothing collection, blamed higher operating expenses for its disappointing results.
Williams-Sonoma Keeps Cooking
San Francisco-based multichannel marketer Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM), which mails several catalog brands including Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, Hold Everything, West Elm, and Williams-Sonoma Home, continues to crank out solid financials.
HSN Improvements Buys Alsto Catalog
St. Petersburg, FL-based HSN Improvements, the catalog subsidiary of cable-TV shopping giant HSN, is acquiring the Alsto catalog and Web business from cataloger/retailer Dick Blick Holdings.
Concepts Direct to Close at Year’s End
CATALOG AGE has learned that Longmont, CO-based multititle cataloger Concepts Direct, which mails the Linda Anderson, The Music Stand, Garfield Stuff, and New Bargains catalog titles, will close at the end of the year.