Resolving the Disconnect Between Catalogers and Web Merchants

| Jim Coogan

There seems to be a disconnect between traditional catalog circulation managers and Web marketers. Multichannel merchants need to understand the gap between the two disciplines to maximize the potential of traditional catalogs and of the web.

Golf Galaxy 3Q Loss Widens

| MCM staff

Third-quarter net sales for Eden Prairie, MN-based cataloger/retailer Golf Galaxy rose 45%, to $46.0 million for the three months ended Nov. 25.

Financial Reports: Delia’s, Blyth

| MCM staff

Despite growth in its catalog and Internet division, manufacturer/marketer Blyth posted a third-quarter loss. But teen apparel and sports gear cataloger/retailer Delia’s narrowed its loss for the quarter

Double the deals

| Jim Tierney

Sixteen mergers and acquisitions took place during the third quarter, double the number of transactions that occurred during the third quarter of last

Big Deal: Eddie Bauer and Golden Gate

| Mark Del Franco

Golden Gate Capital and Sun Capital on Nov. 13 agreed to buy $1.75 billion cataloger/retailer Eddie Bauer for $614 million

Targets near and far

| MCM staff

When travel accessories merchant Magellan’s sends out a catalog, the company is not always hoping for a mail order sale. The Santa Barbara, CA-based multichannel

Home Depot folds two titles

| Tim Parry

Just a year after launching the catalogs, The Home Depot has ceased mailing its upscale furnishings book 10 Crescent Lane and lighting catalog Paces Trading

Plow & Hearth’s new city address

| Jim Tierney

Having established its niche as a seller of country living products, Plow & Hearth is now going after city slickers. The Madison, VA-based cataloger/retailer

R.R. Donnelley’s DOMINATION

| Jim Tierney

The Oct. 31 announcement that printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons had agreed to acquire competitor Banta Corp. had some industry watchers unsure whether to