NBTY acquires assets of HealthCentral.com
Nutritional supplements cataloger NBTY (Nasdaq: NBTY) has acquired certain assets of HealthCentral.com out of bankruptcy, including the customer list
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J.C. Penney wields ax in Wisconsin
Cataloger/retailer J.C. Penney will cut 91 jobs from its Wauwatosa, WI-based third-party fulfillment business. Penney launched the business in 1999, to
America’s Shopping Mall morphs into Catalog Group
America’s Shopping Mall, which mailed home products book Joan Cook, women’s athletic apparel title The Female Athlete, office supplies catalog Remarkable
Viking Office Products to expand into Spain
Viking Office Products, the $3.6 billion catalog division of Delray Beach, FL-based superstore retailer Office Depot, will launch a catalog operation
Gardener’s Supply acquires majority ownership in Dutch Gardens
In what marks its first venture into the “live goods” category of horticultural products, $50 million hard goods cataloger Gardener
Integra LifeSciences acquires NeuroSupplies
Plainsboro, NJ-based Integra LifeSciences (Nasdaq: IART) has acquired $4 million Waterford, CT-based neurology and pulmonology supplier NeuroSupplies
Movers and shakers
New York-based ALC of New York, a mailing list services and consulting company, and catalog creative agency Shasho Jones Direct have formed an alliance
Study: retailers marketing smarter this holiday
After analyzing their past online and offline promotions, many retailers are finding ways to offer the minimum discounts necessary to increase sales volume,
Gifts.com reaches out to armed forces
Gifts.com, a New York-based catalog owned by Reader
Dr. Leonard’s explores sale
CATALOG AGE has learned that Edison, NJ-based Dr. Leonard