Quarterly Retail Sales Up 5.8%
Fueled by pent-up demand for apparel, more seasonable weather, and a solid back-to-school season, retail sales rose 5.8% during the third quarter, according
Lists & Data - Business-14-05-2013
Putting a Stamp on a New Catalog
The economy doesn
Production Roundtable: Deconstructing Production
Gather production professionals from more than a half-dozen catalogers into one room, and what do you get? A conversation, peppered with an array of acronyms,
Lists and Prospecting: New Look at Old Names Aids Abbey Press
Religious gifts cataloger Abbey Press used to rely on recency/frequency/monetary value (RFM) analysis to determine which house file names to mail to.
People News
New Albany, OH-based cataloger/retailer Too, which sells apparel for girls ages 7-14, appointed Toby Jackson vice president/merchandise manager. Jackson
RedEnvelope Goes Public
San Francisco-based gifts marketer RedEnvelope on Sept. 24 offered 2.2 million shares to the public at $14 per share. WR Hambrecht + Co underwrote the
Report: Spiegel Hid Crucial Financial Data
Publicly traded cataloger/retailer Spiegel hid information about its shaky financial state for more than eight months, according to a report issued Friday.
Schein Divests German X-ray Supplier
Saying that the business no longer fits its long-term strategic plans, medical and dental supplier Henry Schein is divesting its $31 million PMA Bode
Restructuring at Eziba
What started out as a rough year for North Adams, MA-based global gifts marketer Eziba seems to be improving. First there was a harrowing roof collapse