Bean to Make a Bid for Bauer?

| MCM staff

In a move that would create a $2.5 billion casual apparel and home goods catalog/retail powerhouse, Freeport, ME-based L.L. Bean is considering purchasing

Flax Breaks Out of the Art Mold

| Paul Miller

Artists’ materials cataloger/retailer Flax Art & Design has evolved into something that its late founder, Herman Flax, likely never envisioned. Since

Correction

| MCM staff

In the April 15 issue, we listed the wrong phone number for e-Post Direct, which manages the Job Shop Technology e-mail list. The correct number is 845-731-3844,

FAO Emerges from Bankruptcy

| Mark Del Franco

Finally, a ray of sunshine for cataloger/retailer FAO. On April 23, the parent company of toys retailer Zany Brainy, children’s products cataloger/retailer