Essence liquidates catalog
Magazine publisher Essence Communications Partners is in the final stages of liquidating its Essence by Mail catalog. The company, best known as the publisher
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Financial report: Talbots, Brookstone
Talbots 3Q catalog sales down, total sales up Third-quarter net income at Hingham, MA-based apparel cataloger/retailer The Talbots (NYSE: TLB) increased
SkyMall for sale?
Inflight co-op cataloger SkyMall could be for sale again. At a shareholders meeting on Nov. 19, Jeff Shell, the new chief executive of SkyMall parent
Williams-Sonoma gains Bourne, loses “Taste”
Along with the news of its spectacular third-quarter numbers
Financial reports: Staples, Williams-Sonoma, Jos. A. Bank
Staples 3Q profits up 40% Office products cataloger/retailer Staples (NasdaqNM:SPLS) posted net income of $128 million for the three months ended Nov.
G. Neil expects to be sold by year’s end
Three months after its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, human-resources products cataloger G. Neil Cos. is on the selling block.
Commerce figures hint at healthy holiday season
Nov. 14 retail sales figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) showed a 1.3% sales retail gain in the GAFS category, which includes general merchandise,
Financial reports: Dell, Urban Outfitters, Vermont Teddy Bear
Record profits for Dell Round Rock, TX-based Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) appears to have emerged form the high-tech slump quite nicely, thank you.
DMA: Catalog shoppers are satisfied shoppers
Most of the 4,794 catalog shoppers surveyed by the Direct Marketing Association rated the customer service they received and their overall catalog shopping