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Fingerhut deal falls apart
(Direct Newsline)–Federated Department Stores and Business Development Group Acquisition (BDGA) have terminated negotiations for the sale of Federated
1-800-Flowers buys The Popcorn Factory
Multichannel gifts marketer 1-800-Flowers.com has acquired $30 million food gifts cataloger The Popcorn Factory from New York-based private investment
1-800-Flowers buys The Popcorn Factory
Multichannel gifts marketer 1-800-Flowers.com has acquired $30 million food gifts cataloger The Popcorn Factory from New York-based private investment
Live from the Government Affairs Conference: PMG Potter on fixing the USPS
(Direct Newsline) Washington–The ailing U.S. Postal Service has to be fixed–and fast. So says the man who runs it: Postmaster General Jack Potter. “We
EU to seek foreign competition in U.S. mail delivery
(Direct Newsline) The European Union will informally ask the Bush administration to let foreign companies–and postal services–enter the U.S. and compete
New NEMOA board announced
The New England Mail Order Association (NEMOA) announced its newly elected board members for 2002-03. The president of NEMOA is Robert Allen, president/CEO,
Financial reports: RedEnvelope, Kennametal, and more
RedEnvelope revenue up 71% for the year Privately held gifts cataloger RedEnvelope says it reaped $56 million in sales for its fiscal year ended March
Consumer Catalogers: Ending the Year on a Down Note
Considering that most of the publicly traded consumer catalogers and cataloger/retailers tracked by Catalog Age do the bulk of their business in the final
On the Up and Up
In a meeting with several muck-a-mucks at my company last month, I predicted that the economy would perk up by the third quarter of this year. They looked