Financial reports: Zones, Guitar Center
Zones posts earnings improvement Renton, WA-based computer reseller Zones (Nasdaq: ZONS) posted a strong bottom line for the quarter ended June 30. Second-quarter
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Study: E-commerce exceeds $31.4 billion
Interactive/e-commerce sales rose 12% last year, reaching $31.4 billion. The figures are courtesy of a Direct Marketing Association study, “The DMA
Federated closes Fingerhut deal
Federated Department Stores on July 24 closed the sale of general merchandise catalog Fingerhut to former Fingerhut chairman Ted Deikel and wholesaler
Financial reports: PC Mall, Martha Stewart Living
Catalog sales down 6% at PC Mall Torrance, CA-based computer reseller PC Mall (Nasdaq: MALL) posted a 19% increase in total second-quarter sales, to $205.0
Live from NCDM: Yahoo to roll out two initiatives
(Direct Newsline) Philadelphia–Yahoo!, the Web portal and marketing company, is rolling out two offerings. One will allow marketers to identify consumers
Brand performance a key driver of online purchases
Brand performance, offline as well as online, is the single most important driver of consumers
J. Crew refutes accounting allegations
Cataloger/retailer J. Crew flatly denies charges of misleading accounting practices levied against it by a former employee. In a letter to the Securities
Live from NCDM: Consumers cherish their privacy
(Direct Newsline) Philadelphia–People don’t want marketers to sell personal data about them–unless they get permission first. More than 80% of respondents
Executive changes at NEBS, Federated
Groton, MA-based New England Business Service (NEBS), a multititle mailer of business supplies catalogs, has names Richard Riley president/chief operating