R.R. Donnelley to Buy Banta for $1.3 Billion

| Jim Tierney

Chicago-based R.R. Donnelley & Sons, the largest printer in North America, agreed on Oct. 31 to buy Menasha, WI-based printer Banta Corp. for $1.3 billion in cash.

mc3 and the leadership gap

| MCM staff

MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT welcomes a new columnist to the fold: Love Goel, chairman/CEO of Growth Ventures Group, a multichannel retail investment firm based

Waking the dormant

| Tim Parry

Looking to grow your active-buyer file? Consider focusing less on prospecting and more on reactivating dormant customers. Targeting inactive customers

New life for Lillian

| Jim Tierney

In the vast ninth-floor conference room at the White Plains, NY, headquarters of Lillian Vernon Corp., president/CEO Michael Muoio is on the edge of his

Merch marches on

| Sherry Chiger

Merchandising is the accidental theme of this issue. Not only do we have Heather Retzlaff’s interviews with an eclectic assortment of merchandising pros

TIDBITS

| MCM staff

Office Depot eliminates 250 jobs Boca Raton, FL-based Office Depot will eliminate about 250 contact center jobs over the next four months, according to

Home Depot Drops Two High-End Titles

| Tim Parry

The Home Depot has dropped two high-end catalogs that it had launched just one year ago. But the big-box retailer has no plans to exit the direct-to-consumer home market.

Haband Bought By Golden Gate Capital

| Mark Del Franco

In a move that fulfills its quest to become a billion-dollar family of apparel companies, private equity firm Golden Gate Capital has acquired low-end apparel marketer Haband Co.