UPS to Buy Overnite, Adds LTL Shipping Arm

| John Fischer

United Parcel Service is buying Richmond, VA-based Overnite Corp for $1.25 billion. The acquisition will enable UPS to expand its ground freight services in North America

Henry Schein Heads Down Under

| MCM staff

Continuing the global expansion of its dentistry business, Melville NY-based Henry Schein acquired Halas Dental and Shalfoon Bros.

Neiman Marcus: $5.1 billion baby

| Mark Del Franco

Dallas-based cataloger/retailer The Neiman Marcus Group on May 2 agreed to be acquired by Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus for $100 a share in cash,

In the Pink

| Sherry Chiger

When you’re profiling the chief executive of an operation the size of SmartHealth, covering a mere day in the life just won’t cut it. That’s why our visit

Ebbets Field back home

| Mark Del Franco

Three years after selling cataloger Ebbets Field Flannels to Seattle-based sporting goods manufacturer Stall & Dean, the two cofounders have reacquired

ACC PREVIEW: It’s Show Time!

| MCM staff

It’s hard to believe we’ve been presenting the Annual Catalog Conference for 22 years, but 2005 promises to be our best show yet. For one, we have two

The Tog Shop, A.B. Lambdin up for sale

| Mark Del Franco

The heirs of Tog Shop founder Emory Rylander, have put the family business which includes swimsuit cataloger A.B. Lambdin as well as the eponymous cataloger/

The Ecommerce Management is Underway

| Lauren Freedman

The race is on! Results of The E-tailing Group’s Fourth Annual Merchant Survey, along with findings from the past three years, show the pace of e-commerce