Cash Crunch for Blue Sky Brands

| Jim Tierney

Blue Sky Brands, the parent company of catalogers Paragon Gifts, Bits and Pieces, Bits and Pieces U.K., National Wildlife Direct, and Wintherthur, is facing such severe cash-flow problems that it hasn

Data Mining: A Strategic Plan

| Rick Brough

There is great advice out there about the how-to of data mining. But there is precious little about the why-do. Just what can mailers do to improve their strategic grasp?

L.L. Bean Heads to Chicago

| MCM staff

In its first retail expansion outside the Northeast corridor, L.L. Bean in September will open a store in the Chicago area.