Motivating the troops

| Shayn Ferriolo

This month’s questionHow do you keep your staff motivated, especially during the off-season?Good help is always hard to find, and it can be even harder

WAREHOUSE ISSUES: Fulfilling your space needs

| Mark Del Franco

Options for dealing with a shrinking warehouseA growing catalog business with more than $3 million in annual sales, Old Saybrook, CT-based rock ‘n’ roll

Apparel in peril

| Shannon Oberndorf

Casual apparel catalogers Lands’ End and L.L. Bean reported near-flat sales over the past year. Multititle clothing mailer Brylane suffered a 4.7% drop

Growing pains

| Diane Cyr

It’s no coincidence that many entrepreneurs call their catalogs their “babies.” Like their human counterparts, no two catalogs ever seem to grow up in