Ritz Interactive Acquires InsideSportfishing.com

| MCM staff

Irvine, CA-based Ritz Interactive, an e-commerce network that includes RitzCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com, OuterBanksOutfitters.com, and ShopAtShark.com, has acquired InsideSportfishing.com

Collegiate Pacific Buys Another Distributor

| MCM staff

Collegiate Pacific, a Dallas-based manufacturer/marketer of sports equipment to institutional markets, signed a letter of intent to acquire Richmond, VA-based distributor Dixie Sporting Goods.

InfoUSA Buys Edith Roman

| Richard H. Levey

InfoUSA has acquired The Edith Roman Cos., a list brokerage and management firm, for an undisclosed sum.

Target Sells Signals, Wireless Catalogs

| Paul Miller

In late April, four months after announcing that it was retreating from the catalog business, Minneapolis-based Target Corp. sold its Signals and Wireless

5 Steps to Managing Vendors

| Peter A. Buxbaum

Not every vendor needs to be managed. This might sound like an absurdity, but there is some truth to it. Some vendor relationships can run on automatic

Deal Market Revving into Gear

| Mark Del Franco

If the first quarter is any indication, 2004 is going to be a banner year for industry deal making. During the first three months of the year, 21 catalog

A System to Tackle Tough DM Tasks

| Ernie Schell

When the great jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington wanted to offer the highest praise, he would say that something or someone was beyond