Shakeup, Layoffs at Executive Greetings
Multititle business supplier Executive Greetings is going through a rough patch. In early January the $100 million cataloger cut 99 jobs, or nearly one-fifth
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Lists and Prospecting: List Management Heads Outside
When Ardmore, PA-based Collectibles Records Corp. decided several years ago to ramp up its catalog business, the company hired an outside list firm to
J. Crew Names Drexler CEO Its Third in a Year
Less than six months after hiring Ken Pilot as CEO, apparel cataloger/retailer J. Crew has replaced him. On Jan. 27 the New York-based company named former
Catalog Tracker: Settling Down
After receiving a mailbox-bulging 679 consumer catalogs in November, list firm Direct Media’s Catalog Tracker service tallied a more modest 318 books
The Siren Song of Private Equity Money
After a lull during the past few years, private equity money is again flowing into the catalog industry. For shallow-pocketed catalogers, this can be
Another Day in the Life of Spiegel: CEO Quits
He was supposed to right the wrongs of troubled Spiegel Group. But less than two years after becoming president/CEO/vice chairman of the multititle mailer,
Financial Reports: Limited Brands, Gaiam
Annual Income Falls 3% at Limited Brands Cataloger/retailer Limited Brands, which mails the Victoria
Spiegel Names New CFO
The past few weeks haven
Spiegel Admits to Doubt About Financial Viability
Is time running out for The Spiegel Group? On Feb. 25 the company said in a form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it doesn
MeritDirect Asks Court to Restrain Slater and DMI
The bitter divorce between Chad Slater and White Plains, NY-based business-to-business list firm MeritDirect took a new turn on Feb. 21 when MeritDirect