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Hanover president gains chairman title
Thomas Shull, a retail management turnaround specialist who was brought on to revamp multititle cataloger Hanover Direct as president in December 2000,
Frederick’s suitors put on hold
Bankrupt women
Sharper Image, Tiffany report slight declines in December sales
High-tech gadgets cataloger/retailer marketer Sharper Image (Nasdaq: SHRP) reported a 3% decline in December sales, to $93.6 million from $96.9 million
Movers and shakers
Fred Kayne was appointed chairman of the board of Calabasas, CA-based cataloger/retailer The Right Start. Kayne is chairman of Big Dog Holdings and CEO
Deal grows nearer for June 30 postage hike
U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors (BOG) chairman Robert Rider said at the BOG
Consumers give postal reform thumbs-up in DMA poll
A poll of 1,005 consumers conducted by Princeton, NJ-based ORC International for the Direct Marketing Association during Jan. 5 and 6 shows that consumers
Black Box continues European expansion in Germany…and Greenland
Although Black Box Corp. already sells computer networking products and services in more than 100 nations, the Pittsburgh-based cataloger wants to continue
Star Struck acquires ProTeam
On Jan. 7, Bethel, CT-based licensed sports apparel cataloger Star Struck acquired the sports assets of defunct ProTeam from Stamford, CT-based GE Capital.