Hickory Farms Sold

| MCM staff

Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners yesterday acquired food gifts catalog Hickory Farms.

Ingram Micro buys DBL

| Jim Tierney

Ingram Micro, the world’s largest technology distributor, in June acquired business-to-business electronics accessories mailer DBL Distributing for $96 million.

THE ERP EDGE

| Curt Barry

Merchants juggling multiple selling channels have enough challenges these days

BIG TIME make way for the MCM 100

| Sherry Chiger

It’s always tempting to scrutinize industry lists such as the Multichannel Merchant 100 in hopes of discerning industrywide trends. In which case, the

Home Depot sheds HD Supply unit

| Jim Tierney

After spending the past decade building up its business-to-business division, home improvement products retailer Home Depot has sold the unit to a trio of private equity firms:Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

CDW acquired by private equity firm

| Jim Tierney

It pays to be CDW Corp. The computer reseller, which in April reported a 24.5% rise in first-quarter net income, announced on May 30 that it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately $7.3 billion.

Lab Safety Supply buys McFeely’s

| MCM staff

Business-to-business multititle mailer Lab Safety Supply keeps adding to its stable. The merchant in June announced it had acquired the assets of McFeely’s Square Drive Screws, a woodworking tools and supplies merchant that logged more than $9 million in sales last year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.