Gander Mountain Acquires Overton’s
Gander Mountain is back into catalogs in a big way. The St. Paul, MN-based sporting goods retailer announced Dec. 6 it has acquired water sports cataloger/retailer Overton
Channel Integration
November Sales Roundup
Monthly sales for multichannel merchants
Financial Reports: Chico’s, Neiman Marcus
Sales results for Chico
Oriental Trading CEO Resigns
The CEO of Oriental Trading Co. has stepped down.
Data? They’ve Got It
When it comes to database use, you might think business-to-business marketers trail their consumer counterparts. Well, think again.
Not a September to remember
Perhaps some catalogers extended their summer vacation. Catalog Tracker’s volume for September continued to fall, though not as much as in the previous two months.
Critical Issues and Trends
Increasing competition from manufacturers and retailers entering the catalog and Web selling channels was ranked the second most pressing marketing concern
Listen Up
We all know the drill. An order comes in, and the picker has to wade through sheets of labels to know what to pick. It takes time, and he also has to report that it’s complete. But there’s another way. The worker gets the order through a headset. When he’s finished, he says
Lane Bryant catalog in, Regalia title out
You launch some, you lose some. A week after unveiling its long-awaited Lane Bryant catalog, Charming Shoppes on Nov. 8 announced it would close its Regalia
Deal making dwindles
If industry watchers were expecting a flurry of post-postal rate hike mergers and acquisitions, that hasn’t happened