Buyout for Aramark
Aramark Corp., the food services and facilities management firm that also owns a $425 million-plus direct division, has agreed to a $6.3 billion buyout
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TALES FROM THE FRONT
Not fazed by power outage On July 24 a Multichannel Merchant staffer received the following e-mail from gifts, jewelry, and tabletop items cataloger/retailer
MULTICHANNEL INVENTORY: What You Need to Know
It sounds like a sci-fi trilogy: Past, present, and future merge to provide a single, optimal inventory experience. Multichannel merchants manage inventory
The best befriend benefit copy
This column, as veteran (or more accurately, resolute) readers of Multichannel Merchant know in advance, limits comments to copy. Copy isn’t always in
Volume slip-sliding away
Catalog Tracker received 265 consumer catalogs in June nearly 6% fewer than the 281 catalogs received in June 2005. It was the fourth month in a row that
Best Manufacturing files for Chapter 11
Jersey City, NJ-based Best Manufacturing Group, a uniform company founded in 1914, announced on Aug. 9 that it filed a voluntary petition under Chapter
Restoration Hardware begets Brocade Home
As part of an ongoing brand extension, Corte Madera, CA-based Restoration Hardware will launch Brocade Home this month with a 64-page catalog. Based in
Footwear mailers step up on the list growth
Catalogs that specialize in footwear (as opposed to apparel merchants that include shoes as part of their merchandise mix) account for about 6% of all
Yankee Candle buys, and maybe sells
The same day that Yankee Candle Co., announced it was acquiring Petaluma, CA-based competitor Illuminations, the South Deerfield, MA-based candles manufacturer/marketer
Smooth Landings
Landing page optimization is very much in vogue these days. If there were a Billboard chart for hot acronyms, would clearly be rising with a bullet, heading