GovConnection’s GSA Contract Cancelled

| Mark Del Franco

Bad news for PC Connection (NASDAQ: PCCC). On Nov. 17, the Merrimack, NH-based computer reseller announced that its GovConnection subsidiary

Collegiate Pacific to Acquire Tomark

| MCM staff

Dallas-based Collegiate Pacific, a cataloger of sporting equipment to schools and teams, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Corona, CA-based sports

Cotton Picking

| D. Douglas Graham

RATIONALES FOR OUTSOURCING fulfillment usually boil down to three. When a company wants to do business beyond its traditional operating radius, outsourcing

PC Mall Relaunches Former Egghead Site

| MCM staff

Computer reseller PC Mall on Oct. 28 relaunched OnSale, an online marketplace and auction site. The Torrance, CA-based marketer is hoping to repeat the

Micro Warehouse: What Went Wrong?

| Paul Miller

It’s tough to say what was more surprising: that Micro Warehouse, one of the industry’s largest and oldest computer catalogers, was selling the North

Spanish Firm Buys Majority Stake in JR Cigar

| MCM staff

Madrid-based Altadis, through its Tabacalera Cigars Internacional unit, bought a majority stake in Burlington, NC-based distributer JR Cigar. The $62

Second-Quarter Results Hint at Growth

| Mark Del Franco

The second quarter was a classic good news, bad news scenario for the publicly traded business-to-business and computer catalogers tracked by Catalog

At Deadline

| MCM staff

CDW BUYS MICRO WAREHOUSE’S NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS Computer reseller CDW Corp. announced on Sept. 8 that it would buy the North American assets of rival