Deal making dwindles

| Jim Tierney

If industry watchers were expecting a flurry of post-postal rate hike mergers and acquisitions, that hasn’t happened

Restoration Hardware sold

| Jim Tierney

Restoration Hardware agreed last month to merge with an affiliate of private equity firm Catterton Partners.

Best deal for FAO Schwarz

| MCM staff

Upscale toy merchant FAO Schwarz in November acquired Best & Co., a luxury children’s apparel and accessories merchant. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Lane Bryant catalog in, Regalia title out

| Tim Parry

You launch some, you lose some. A week after unveiling its long-awaited Lane Bryant catalog, Charming Shoppes on Nov. 8 announced it would close its Regalia

Listing forward

| Tim Parry

Is the list business dead? Or, to put it more politely, is it still serving the needs of multichannel merchants? Some list firms have added modeling services.

FAO Schwarz Buys Best & Co.

| MCM staff

Upscale toy merchant FAO Schwarz has acquired Best & Co., a marketer of luxury children’s apparel and accessories.