Henry Schein Buys Alpha Scientific

| Jim Tierney

Medical, dental, and veterinary supplies merchant Henry Schein remains an acquisition machine. Its latest deal involves Alpha Scientific, a healthcare products and services provider

CognitiveData Acquires Lenser

| MCM staff

Database marketer CognitiveData last week bought multichannel marketing consultancy Lenser for an undisclosed sum.

Is your contact strategy in crisis?

| MCM staff

Being proactive is a big buzz phrase in our industry. But many direct marketers continue to engage in practices that seriously undermine the effectiveness

Ebay Buys GSI Commerce for $2.4 Billion

| Tim Parry

Internet auction site eBay announce today that it will acquire ecommerce platform provider and online marketer GSI commerce for $2.4 billion. As part of the transaction, eBay said it will divest GSI

Walgreens-Drugstore.com Deal Under Investigation

| Tim Parry

Is the $409 million price pharmacy chain Walgreens is willing to pay to acquire online counterpart Drugstore.com not enough? On March 24, the same day Walgreens and Drugstore.com announced the deal, at least two shareholder litigation firms said they …

Gilt Groupe Buys Decorati

| Tim Parry

To help it launch a broader home decor business, private sale ecommerce merchant Gilt Groupe has acquired social shopping site Decorati. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Golden Gate Sells J. Jill

| Jim Tierney

Less than two years after it acquired J. Jill, private equity firm Golden Gate Capital announced today it has sold a majority stake of the women