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Collegiate Pacific, a Dallas-based manufacturer/marketer of sports equipment to institutional markets, signed a letter of intent to acquire Richmond, VA-based distributor Dixie Sporting Goods.

Though its fourth-quarter net income dipped 32%, to $43,000 from $63,000 the previous year, Rochester, NY-based test, measurement, and calibration products and services marketer Transcat posted an annual profit of $400,000

The U.S. Commerce Department on June 18 imposed preliminary antidumping duties of up to 200% on $1.2 billion of wooden bedroom furniture imported from China.

On June 15, Jacksonville, FL-based maintenance, repair, and operations marketer Interline Brands filed for an initial public offering.

Pangea Holdings, which bought the Newport News catalog from the bankrupt Spiegel in May, had its bid for Spiegel

The Federal Trade Commission on June 15 told Congress that a national do-not-e-mail registry won

Tucson, AZ-based multititle mailer Crosstown Traders in February quietly acquired $35 million-plus Carlsbad, CA-based apparel cataloger Monterey Bay Clothing Co.

The U.S. Postal Service on June 3 filed an

Bowie, MD-based business-to-business marketer Jacobs Gardner Supply Co., which mails the Jacobs Gardner Supply and Penny Saver Office Products business supplies catalogs, was sold by founder Daniel Grossman to a management team led by Kathryn Morley and Gary Luiza. Terms of the deal, which was announced June 14, were not disclosed.