Bottoms Make That Bottom Lines Up
On the surface, the third quarter of 2002 was a hale and hardy one for consumer catalogers. Of the 15 publicly traded catalogers and cataloger/retailers
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Holiday Highs and Lows
Charles Dickens was referring to the French Revolution when he wrote It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but the description applies
Small Catalogs Forum: Firing Up a Catalog Business
With Firefighters Bookstore, Peggy Glenn has tapped into a hot market niche: books for firefighters. Since mailing its first 16-page catalog in 1990,
Small Catalogs Forum: The Goal for 2003–Growth
For Naperville, IL-based music cataloger Folk Era Productions, 2002 was a year for holding and surviving, says president/owner Allan Shaw. In fact, many,
Financial reports: PC Connection, Kennametal, Hanover
Annual net income tumbles 57% at PC Connection Computer reseller PC Connection (Nasdaq: PCCC) posted a 57% drop in net income for the year on flat sales.
Canada Post, tech firm form shopping alliance
The Canadian postal system, Canada Post, and technology services company Borderfree have teamed up to make it easier for Canadians to buy from U.S. catalogs
Familymeds buys Intelihealth assets
Pharmacy chain Familymeds has purchased the 415,000-name customer list, inventory, and creative assets of the InteliHealth catalog and online store from
Sport Supply Group narrows loss
B-to-b sports equipment marketer Sport Supply Group (OTCBB: SSPY) reported revenue of $18.5 million for the three months ended Dec. 27
Brylane workers vote to unionize
A majority of the workers at the Indianapolis and Plainfield, IN, distribution centers of multititle apparel and home goods cataloger Brylane voted in
Survey: Retailers pessimistic about coming months
In his State of the Union address on Jan. 28, President Bush may have been optimistic regarding an economic turnaround this year, but U.S. retailers aren