at deadline

| MCM staff

APG DIRECT PARENT COMPANY SEEKS SALE American Paper Group, a manufacturer of church offertory and other types of envelopes, is seeking a buyer following

Norm Thompson puts Waterfront Living on hold

| Peggy Kendler Bresnick

Less than two years after acquiring nautical home products and gifts catalog Waterfront Living, multititle mailer Norm Thompson Outfitters has put the

Divine Intervention

| Mark Del Franco

Can a company patent Web commerce? Some marketers are accusing Chicago-based software and services provider Divine of trying to do just that. But Divine

Miles Kimball on the Block

| Paul Miller

Multititle mailer Miles Kimball is being shopped around by owner Sun Capital Partners, just 18 months after the Boca Raton, FL-based private equity firm

Here, There, and Everywhere

| MCM staff

When seeking ways to increase sales and their companies’ long-term prospects, few catalogers consider expanding into an overseas market. And it’s true

Whole Nine Yards

| D. Douglas Graham

FANBUZZ INC. WORKS HARD for its money. No mere fulfillment house, the company provides a range of turnkey solutions that cover everything from scoop to

Alloy buys Old Glory

| Mark Del Franco

Teen apparel cataloger and marketing services provider Alloy has acquired Westbrook, CT-based Old Glory Boutique Distributing, a cataloger of rock music-related

Harbour Group buys Classic Chevy

| MCM staff

Following through on its intent to acquire complementary businesses, investment firm Harbour Group has acquired Classic Chevy International, an Orlando,

Airgas acquires fellow distributor

| MCM staff

The nation’s largest distributor of gases and welding supplies just got a little bigger. On Dec. 2, Radnor, PA-based Airgas acquired Detroit-based Welding

Natural SELECTION

| Frank W. Renshaw, P.E.

The science of site selection is all about making sure you’re in the right place at the right time. Selecting a distribution center site is one of the