Eddie Bauer Trading on Nasdaq
Cataloger/retailer Eddie Bauer Holdings will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on Oct. 12
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Timberland to Launch Catalog in November
After years of selling its footwear and apparel to retailers and in its own stores and Website, Timberland is launching a print catalog.
Quinceanera Elegante Launches Web, Print Catalogs
In Hispanic culture, the quinceanera
Storehouse Forced to Liquidate
Home furnishings cataloger/retailer Storehouse is to close all 77 of its stores and its direct business following a court-ordered bankruptcy liquidation sale.
Breakfast With Bean
Though Leon Leonwood Bean barely had an eighth grade education, he mastered the golden rule of retailing: Sell good merchandise and treat the customers like human beings, and they will always come back for more.
Lands’ End Founder Gary Comer Dead
Gary Comer, who founded apparel and home goods catalog giant Lands’ End, died in Chicago on Oct. 4.
Femail Creations Founder Launches Home-Party Business
Lisa Hammond is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her Femail Creations catalog–by launching a home-party business.
Jingle Bells, PR Sells
Starting in July and continuing through January is the
As Congress Adjourns, Postal Reform Stalls
Though legislators and mailers worked past midnight on Saturday night–the session adjourned at 12:25 a.m.– an agreement was not reached on a conference bill that resolved the differences between the Senate (S. 662) and House (H.R. 22) postal reform bills.
Web Analytics Put FootSmart a Step Ahead
(Searchline) FootSmart, a direct retailer of foot and lower-body healthcare products through both catalogs and the Web, found itself in a bind managing its cross-selling opportunities on the product pages of its Website.