DHL to Acquire Airborne’s Ground Service for $1.05 Billion
DHL Worldwide Express and Airborne Inc. are making no bones about it; they are going after UPS and FedEx as a result of a definitive merger agreement
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DHL Agrees to Buy Airborne Express Ground Network
DHL Worldwide Express, a delivery service owned by Deutsche Post AG of Germany, has agreed to acquire the ground delivery business of Seattle-based rival
Miles Kimball Sold to Blyth
(Catalog Age) Eight months after parent company Sun Capital Partners announced its intent to sell Miles Kimball, the Oshkosh, WI-based gifts and home
Deals Evaporate at Year’s End
In terms of mergers and acquisitions, 2002 went out with a whimper. Just 16 industry deals were transacted during the fourth quarter, down 24% from the
Three Ways to Go From Bricks to Clicks
It’s the rare merchant these days who doesn’t sell through multiple channels, but the process of coordinating those channels particularly off-line and
Are Spin-offs Paying Off?
By all accounts, spring 2001 wasn’t the best time to launch a catalog spin-off. The Internet crash of late 2000 was infecting the economy at large like
Shakeup, Layoffs at Executive Greetings
Multititle business supplier Executive Greetings is going through a rough patch. In early January the $100 million cataloger cut 99 jobs, or nearly one-fifth
Familymeds Buys InteliHealth
In a move to strengthen its own fledgling catalog business, pharmacy chain Familymeds in late January purchased the InteliHealth healthcare products catalog
Live From eTail 2003: Lands’ End and Sears—So Far, So Good
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Financial Reports: The Sportsman’s Guide, Geerlings & Wade
Looks like The Sportsman’s Guide (Nasdaq: SGDE) is taking aim at profitability. For the year ended Dec. 31, sales increased 6%, to $180.3 million, compared