Chiasso Gets an Offer
Two months after Chicago-based cataloger/retailer Chiasso filed Chapter 11 and announced it would close 10 of its 14 retail stores, the company has signed
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Limited Too Hits the Airwaves
First the stores. Then the catalog and the Web. Now network television? That
Laughing All the Way to the Cartoon Bank
“The New Yorker” magazine is banking on the popularity of its acclaimed cartoons, first with a Website and now with a print catalog. Several years after
L.L. Bean to Pay $13 Million in Bonuses
Although sales at apparel and sporting goods cataloger L.L. Bean fell $70 million last year
Spiegel Appears Near Chapter 11
For The Spiegel Group, the news continues to go from bad to worse. On March 11, the cataloger/retailer announced that it is being forced to pay back investors
February Sales Roundup
A few retailers blamed disappointing sales on a monster snowstorm that blanketed the Eastern Seaboard duirng President
Miles Kimball Sold to Blyth
(Catalog Age) Eight months after parent company Sun Capital Partners announced its intent to sell Miles Kimball, the Oshkosh, WI-based gifts and home
SEC Begins Spiegel Investigation
(Catalog Age) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally began its investigation into cataloger/retailer Spiegel Group
Three Years of Stable Postal Rates Looking More Likely
Congress has come a step closer to approving a bill designed to cut U.S. Postal Service pension payments. If the bill is approved, according to USPS statement,