Bloomie’s takes trends to the market
Bloomingdale’s By Mail (BBM) wants to be first again. In 1991 it was the first major department store catalog to launch independently of its parent store,
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FOCUS: RESTAURANT SUPPLIES – peerless restaurant supplies
Reviewed March 15, noon, Explorer 4.5 (www.prls.com)peerless claims to have everything for a restaurant “from design through installation.” What a shame
FOCUS: RESTAURANT SUPPLIES – economy paper and restaurant supply
Reviewed March 15, 10:30 a.m., Explorer 4.5 (www.economysupply.com)i don’t understand the significance of the company’s logo, a strange-looking man with
SPRING SALES ROUNDUP
There are some hints that the high tide of consumer spending from which catalogers have benefited over the past few years could be ebbing. Nonetheless,
DIGITAL LEADERS
Going digital enables Micro Warehouse to get new products into the market fasterWhen Silicon Valley speaks, Norwalk, CT-based computer cataloger Micro
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS: The business of selects
The list selections many b-to-b renters are looking forUnlike consumer catalogers, business-to-business mailers are often looking beyond recency, frequency,
Tidewater Workshop crafts an IPO
When Peter Caporilli was employed at W. Atlee Burpee Seed Co. in the early ’90s, his woodworking skills came to the attention of company executive John
Office Products: trends analysis
The office products catalog business just ain’t what it used to be. Having had their margins squeezed tighter and tighter by rapidly mounting competition
LIST ROUNDTABLE: List firms in the crystal ball
No one questions that the list industry is changing rapidly. But when asked to predict the list industry’s status in five years, direct marketing professionals
Ha-Lo bets big on the Web
The leading promotional products distributor is moving online with a big-bucks dealWhen a leading business-to-business marketer drops 500% in market value