Successories goes private

| MCM staff

Motivational products cataloger Successories will be acquired by S.I. Acquisition LLC and cease being a publicly-traded company. Under the terms of the

Go With the Flow

| Ron Hounsell

When I ask the question about improving product flow, my mind immediately breaks the matter into three parts (acquisition, storage and handling, and disposition),

Benchmark 2003 on Marketing

| Sherry Chiger

When Catalog Age’s previous Benchmark Survey on Marketing was conducted, in fall 2000, the economy was just beginning to show a few cracks. This past

Norm Thompson Still Reworking Waterfront Living

| Peggy Bresnick Kendler

Two years after acquiring nautical home products and gifts catalog Waterfront Living, multititle mailer Norm Thompson Outfitters is still mapping the

Potpourri consolidates facilities

| Patricia Odell

(Direct Newsline) Multititle mailer Potpourri Holdings plans to consolidate its Medfield, MA, facility with two others in that state. About eight employees

APG Direct parent sold, catalog kaput

| Paul Miller

Huntington, IN-based Our Sunday Visitor, a nonprofit manufacturer/marketer of products for churches and religious instruction, on Jan. 15 acquired the

West Marine buys BoatU.S.

| MCM staff

Cataloger/retailer West Marine has acquired the catalog, retail, and wholesale units of BoatU.S. from the Boat Owners Association of the United States