Stake Your Claim
“It’s a hard world to get a break in / All the good things have been taken.” When the Animals sang those lyrics in 1965, they certainly weren’t thinking
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Doctors Foster and Smith Reaps Neeps
Pet supplies cataloger Doctors Foster and Smith is getting bigger by thinking small: The company in April agreed to acquire Web merchant Neeps, which sells small-pet products, for an undisclosed price.
Cracking the Multichannel Code: Analysis Across Channels
It’s one of the great mysteries of modern multichannel marketing: Where are the customers and orders really coming from? If we as multichannel merchants
Righting Blair Corp.
In its 97 years in business, Blair Corp. has been through a lot. The apparel and home goods merchant has gone from loose-sheet mailers to bound catalogs, from housecoats to careerwear, from targeting mature consumers to chasing baby boomers.
But after 14 consecutive quarters of sales declines, Blair needs to change its course.
Going Solo: Postcards and Solo Mailings
As catalogers struggle to deal with the new postal rates, there’s been a lot of talk about reduction: Many mailers plan to offset costs by reducing trim size, circulation, and page counts. But the rate hike may inspire one type of increase
Equity Firm to Buy CDW
CDW Corp. announced on May 30 that it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately $7.3 billion.
Sun Capital Swings for Edwin Watts
With an eye toward building a greater presence in the golf market, an affiliate company of private equity firm Sun Capital Partners acquired Edwin Watts Golf Shops on May 25.
Rough First Quarter for Talbots
In announcing The Talbots
Live from ACCM: What Would L.L. Bean Have Done?
Boston–During his Tuesday morning keynote address, L.L. Bean chairman and former president Leon Gorman recalled his grandfather
Staples Buys American Identity
Staples has acquired American Identity, a multichannel distributor of corporate branded merchandise,