Brady Acquires Thai Business

| MCM staff

Hoping to further augment its presence in Thailand, Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. acquired Thailand-based Technology Print Supplies and its sister company Technology and Supply Media Co.

Understanding the Critical Path to Growth

| Polly Bickel Wong

There are plenty of best practice lists to check off in the jungle of trade e-mails and publications in our in-boxes and mailboxes every day. List prospecting, co-op databases, e-mail segmentation recommendations, and affiliate opportunities are valuable, but they

Top of the Industry, Ma

| Sherry Chiger

It would be great to report that some startling new trend or revelation could be seen among the companies that make up this year’s Multichannel Merchant 100

Gaiam to acquire Good Times Entertainment

| Mark Del Franco

A day after Good Times Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in the Southern District of New York on July 11, $96.7 million Broomfield,

Appleseed’s to buy The Tog Shop

| Mark Del Franco

Beverly, MA-based women’s apparel cataloger/retailer Appleseed’s has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the brand name and customer list of rival

Home Depot Continues Its MRO Push

| MCM staff

Further augmenting its push into the $410 billion maintenance, repair, and
operations (MRO) marketplace, Atlanta-based The Home Depot on July 19 agreed to acquire $1.5 billion National Waterworks
Holdings

Gaiam Buys Bankrupt Entertainment Firm

| Mark Del Franco

A day after Good Times Entertainment filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, Broomfield, CO-based multititle
cataloger Gaiam signed a definitive agreement to acquire bankrupt New
York-based media company

Appleseed’s to Buy The Tog Shop

| Mark Del Franco

MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT has learned that Beverly, MA-based cataloger/retailer Appleseed’s has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the brand name and
customer list of rival cataloger The Tog Shop

Brookstone Lays Off Gardeners Eden Staff

| Mark Del Franco

Merrimack, NH-based Brookstone
quietly laid off 19 Gardeners Eden administrative staffers on June 28 as the company prepares to sell the garden products title.