Thalheimer Goes Solo

| Jim Tierney

Richard Thalheimer is back in business. Less than a year after he was replaced as chairman/CEO of The Sharper Image Corp., Thalheimer has unveiled an e-commerce Website, RichardSolo.com.

Neiman Marcus Direct Up 8.7% In 3Q

| MCM staff

At upscale apparel and decor mailer Neiman Marcus Direct, which includes the catalog and online operations for Neiman Marcus and Horchow and the Bergdorf Goodman Website, fiscal third-quarter sales rose 8.7%

Schein to swallow another

| MCM staff

Another week, another Henry Schein acquisition. This week the medical, dental, and veterinary supplies merchant is setting its sights down under:

Five Questions to Ask When Testing Rentals

| MCM staff

If you’re testing names, how do you know you selected the right list? At a session titled “Maneuvering Through the Merge/Purge for Best Response Rates” at the Annual Conference for Catalogers and Multichannel Merchants (ACCM) in Boston last month, Lane posed five questions mailers should ask of every list test.

May sales roundup

| MCM staff

May was not a kind month to most of the publicly traded companies tracked by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT.