Third-Quarter Deals Hold Steady

| Jim Tierney

The Third Quarter was a Busy One with 16 deals, compared to 13 last year. Many transactions were strategic in nature, including Harry & David Holdings

Segmenting for Catalog 2.0

| Steve Trollinger

In the Internet marketing world, Web 2.0 is about moving beyond the so-called nuts and bolts of technology and e-commerce and creating a more robust experience

Gardens Alive! Revives the Paragon

| Jim Tierney

The Industry had a Dose of Good News when it was reported last month that Gardens Alive! had purchased gifts cataloger The Paragon, which had closed when

A Paragon of decency

| MCM staff

It’s certainly been quite a year. As business conditions went from bad to worse, the size and scope of the multichannel merchant firms running into serious

Lab Safety Operations to Merge With Grainger’s

| Patrick Barnard

Industrial safety supplies distributor Lab Safety Supply will combine its warehouse/fulfillment and back office operations with those of its parent company, facilities maintenance supplies distributor W.W. Grainger.

Catalog Holdings Sells Spiegel Brands

| Jim Tierney

Catalog Holdings, a Portfolio Company of Golden Gate Capital, in September sold Spiegel Brands to an investor group led by Granite Creek Partners. Terms

Dreams Acquires Starstruck/Proteam

| Tim Parry

Licensed Sports Apparel Merchant Dreams has Acquired the assets of cataloger StarStruck/ProTeam. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Dreams

The Paragon is Back in Business

| Tim Parry

Nearly a year after parent company BlueSky Brands shut its doors, one of its larger titles–The Paragon gifts catalog–is making a comeback.