Home Depot Acquires MRO Supplier

| MCM staff

In a move to bolster its Maintenance Warehouse catalog, Fullerton, CA-based Home Depot has agreed to buy Economy Maintenance Supply Co., a Sterling, VA-based

BENCHMARK 2003: Critical Issues & Trends

| Sherry Chiger

How to cut costs without weakening their business continues to bedevil catalogers. Nearly four out of five respondents (79%) to Catalog Age’s 2003 Benchmark

Brylane: How a Big Fish Is Getting Bigger

| Mark Del Franco

Walking toward Brylane’s headquarters on New York’s Seventh Avenue, you’ll trod atop a series of plaques embedded into the sidewalk honoring top-name

Quality Vs. Quantity

| Mark Del Franco

Only 13 mergers and acquisitions were transacted during the third quarter, compared with 22 deals in the third quarter of last year. But a number of the

At Deadline

| MCM staff

SAN DIEGO MAILERS SURVIVE WILDFIRE SCARE It was a little too close for comfort for San Diego-based RoadRunner Sports: Sixty-foot flames from the October

Interline Brands Acquires Florida Lighting

| MCM staff

Jacksonville, FL-based multititle business-to-business cataloger Interline Brands on Nov. 25 announced it acquired the assets of Pompano Beach, FL-based

Sport Supply Unloads ATEC

| MCM staff

Making good on its intent to eliminate noncore operations, Dallas-based sports equipment marketer Sport Supply Group (OTCBB:SSPY) has sold Athletic Training

Schein Acquires Pharmaceutical Pair

| MCM staff

Melville, NY-based medical, dental, and veterinary conglomerate Henry Schein (Nasdaq:HSIC) is at again. The serial acquirer expanded its pharmaceuticals