Kim Supply Sold to Private Equity Player

| MCM staff

Private equity firm Amnis has acquired Kim Supply, a catalog distributor of carwash equipment and supplies and a manufacturer of self-serve carwash equipment.

Upward Mobility

| Ken Magill

Mobile marketing has been the next big thing for a few years now, yet multichannel merchants have been slow to embrace the mobile channel. That could

Four degrees of customer centricity

| Francey Smith

Many of us in this want-it-right-now, on-demand culture seek levels of sophistication in marketing that we’re not prepared for. It’s as if we think we

Gardens Alive! Buys Thompson & Morgan

| Jim Tierney

Gardens Alive! continues to grow like a weed: The horticultural mailer announced Sept. 25 it has acquired the U.S. operations of Thompson & Morgan Seedsmen.

Dell to pay $3.9 billion for Perot Systems

| MCM staff

In a move to expand beyond PCs and beef up its services business, Dell announced earlier this week it plans to acquire Perot Systems Corp. for $3.9 billion.

Basic b-to-b segmentation

| Terry Flynn

Every direct marketer’s career begins with a lesson in the power of recency, frequency and monetary. We are told these simple tools will help you select

The Catholic Co. Buys Rosary.com

| Jim Tierney

Religious products cataloger The Catholic Co., which has sold online since 2001, has purchased Rosary.com for an undisclosed amount.