AeroGrow sprouts mail order arm
Kitchen gardening systems marketer AeroGrow International has launched its first catalog. The 16-page book sells AeroGrow’s signature aeroponic growing systems, seeds, and accessories.
Print Channel
Sun Capital Partners takes the cheese
It might be summer, but Sun Capital Partners isn’t ready to take a vacation. The private equity firm on July 11 acquired food gifts cataloger Hickory Farms. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Crutchfield expands to Canada
After testing the market with a Website this past fall, consumer electronics merchant Crutchfield has launched a print catalog in Canada. The 36-page
Pump Up Performance
Want to improve the look
Pier 1 shelves catalog
Maybe Pier 1 isn’t meant to be in the direct business. The home furnishings and decor retailer announced in June it was shuttering its three-year-old
FALL or NOTHING
The harsh new postal rates imposed in May are three months old. Mailers should be used to them, right? Think again. Many are still reeling and figuring
TAKING STOCK
If you waited until now to buy paper for your catalog, you might be in trouble. Prices have gone up, thanks mostly to mill closures and consolidation in the industry.
Just like every May
Delivery-wise, May 2007 was almost a carbon copy of May 2006, which was nearly identical to May 2005.
It takes a village
When Tracy Amiral realized that the new postal rates would increase her fall mailing costs 38%, her first reaction was to whine. Amiral, general manager
Harder to sell?
There’s no question that the new postage rates