Sharper Image Sold in Joint Venture

| MCM staff

Sharper Image Corp., which put itself up for sale last month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has been acquired by a joint venture led by units of private investment firms Hilco Consumer Capital Corp. and Gordon Brothers Group.

Why Matchback Allocation Can be More Miss Than Hit

| Tim Parry

A customer gets your catalog in the mail, goes online to research products further, and then goes to the store to make the purchase. So who gets credit for the sale, and why? Read some tips on matchback allocation from a few speakers at ACCM

Add-a-Name Works for Brookstone

| Tim Parry

If you could mail one more book into a postal zone, and you have a prospect who may be the right target, and the process is going to save you money at the post office, would you go for it? Of course you would. See how it’s working for Brookstone, and how the gadgets merchant is benefiting