Cuddling Up to Comailing

| Jim Tierney

Like most everyone else, catalog companies are always looking for ways to cut costs. And now, with the pending postal rate increase, there’s a greater

Booking the book buyers

| Sherry Chiger

Maybe it’s due to the growing popularity of music downloads. Or maybe it’s because category killers such as Amazon.com and BN.com continue to gobble up

NEW CATALOGS

| MCM staff

The Y Catalog The desire to bring awareness to the notion of seva, or the spirit of service, inspired the launch of the Y Catalog of yoga products in

Paper prices holding for now

| Jim Tierney

With the fall mailing season under way, paper prices appear to be holding steady a relief for catalogers after a series of increases earlier this year.

Big on promos, low on volume

| Sherry Chiger

Forget the lazy days of summer. Consumer catalogers in July were hard at work trying to entice shoppers by ramping up their promotions, judging by the

NEW CATALOGS

| MCM staff

Headwear & Accessories To make it clear that it sells more than T-shirts, Preston, WA-based wholesaler SanMar launched Headwear & Accessories, a catalog