Miles Kimball to Move Contact Center
Gifts and housewares mailer Miles Kimball Co. will close its Las Vegas contact center on March 16 and move more than 100 jobs to Oshkosh, WI.
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Art & Artifact Parent Buys Bas Bleu
Universal Screen Arts, the parent company of the Art & Artifact, Signals, Wireless, and What on Earth gifts catalogs, announced on Jan. 8 that it had acquired books cataloger Bas Bleu
Buffett’s Firm Buys TTI
Berkshire Hathaway, the Omaha, NE-based holding company owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Dec. 22 announced it would buy Fort Worth, TX-based electronics components distributor TTI.
December Sales Roundup
For the most part, this wasn
Siegler & Co., Treasures From a Bygone Era Titles Shut Down
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that the gifts catalogs Siegler & Co. and Treasures From a Bygone Era closed down before the holidays.
Show Me the Data: Slim Down Your Customer File
Many people gain holiday weight. Your customer file can also gain weight that can make it sluggish and less efficient. The start of a new year is a great time to trim your customer information for two significant reasons.
CLEANING UP
With a postal rate increase on the horizon, you might expect catalogers to be agonizing over their mailing plans and slashing circulation. But so far,
Postal reform bill passes at last
In the waning hours of the 109th Congress and after 11 years of failed attempts legislators passed a historic postal reform bill just before 4 a.m. on
Postal reform time line
January 1995 Rep. John M. McHugh (D-NY) is appointed U.S. Postal Service subcommittee chairman. June 1996 McHugh introduces H.R. 3717, the first postal