InfoUSA Buys Millard Group

| Mark Del Franco

In perhaps its most significant acquisition yet in the consumer list
marketplace, Omaha, NE-based InfoUSA acquired Peterborough,
NH-based Millard Group on Nov. 4

Making non-catalog lists work

| Mark Del Franco

Catalogers have traditionally shied away from nonresponse lists publication subscriber files, donor files, compiled files. If a gardening supply cataloger

Abacus Indicator Says…

| MCM staff

According to the Abacus Indicator from Broomfield, CO-based direct marketing services provider Abacus, American homes should be looking better than ever this year. Home Decor and furnishings took over the number-two spot for the largest consumer product category and year-over-year performance, according to the Abacus Alliance database. Decor and furnishings saw a 7% increase in sales last year and brought in $3.538 billion in total sales. This included 23.3 million transactions, with an average order size of $152.