Bas Bleu’s Big-Time Birthday Celebration
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, books mailer Bas Bleu decided to play with the creative of its catalog. Says Eleanor Edmondson, president of the Atlanta-based
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Measuring Sales Goals per Page
One of the major challenges for every catalog company new or old is to have a barometer by which to measure sales performance. How did the overall catalog
Star Struck Plays Ball with Three New Titles
Bethel, CT-based Star Struck this spring added three professional baseball team catalogs to its growing lineup. In addition to its core 100-page sports
Spiegel Requests Turnaround-Plan Extension
Spiegel Group on April 23 filed a motion with the U.S. bankruptcy court in New York for a four-month extension on its deadline to file a turnaround plan.
Target Sells Wireless, Signals
Having given up on the catalog business, Target Corp. on April 27 sold its Signals and Wireless gifts catalogs to Universal Screen Arts, the parent firm
HMS Jewelry Acquires Majority Share of Wholesaler
Looking to broaden its product offering to retail jewelers, HMS Jewelry Co., a subsidiary of Addison, TX-based SGD Holdings, acquired 80% of the common
Financial Reports: Office Depot, PC Connection, Blair, More
Catalog Sales Soft at Office Depot Delray Beach, FL-based Office Depot, which mails the Viking Office Products catalog, posted a 46% jump in first-quarter
Live from Government Affairs Conference: Postal Reform May Still Have a Chance
(Direct Newsline) Washington–A day after two House chiefs of staff declared that postal reform was dead on Capitol Hill until at least 2005, Sen. John
Taylor Corp. to Shutter Executive Greetings’s Connecticut HQ
Taylor Corp., the North Mankato, MN-based catalog holding company that won a bankruptcy court auction to acquire multititle business stationery cataloger