SHIP of TOOLS

| Ron Shamlaty

Any port may suffice in a storm, but a successful captain will avoid bad weather whenever possible and carry the necessary tools to keep everything sailing

At Deadline

| MCM staff

FREDERICK’S OF HOLLYWOOD POISED TO EMERGE FROM CHAPTER 11 If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approves its reorganization plan, women’s apparel cataloger/retailer

S&S Worldwide Acquires Sally Distributors

| Mark Del Franco

Colchester, CT-based cataloger S&S Worldwide, which sells games, crafts, and activities to schools, rehabilitation centers, and other institutions, has

Doing the Time Warp

| Bennett Voyles

Book buyers may be partying like it’s 1999, but is Buy.com’s free shipping policy a good idea? You can’t download dog food. If we learned nothing else

Mergers and Acquisitions: Big Deals, Small Deals

| Mark Del Franco

A cursory glance at the mergers and acquisitions conducted during the second quarter reveals several boffo catalog transactions: Sears, Roebuck and Co.’s

School Specialty Scoops Up ABC School Supply

| MCM staff

Greenville, WI–On Aug. 15, School Specialty acquired $48 million ABC School Supply, which markets early childhood products to pre-K through K-2 audiences.

S&S Worldwide acquires Sally Distributors

| Mark Del Franco

S&S Worldwide, which sells games, crafts, and activities to schools, rehabilitation centers, and other institutions, has acquired substantially all the

Alloy acquires Youthstream Media Networks

| MCM staff

Teen apparel cataloger Alloy has acquired “substantially all” of the assets of Youthstream Media Networks for $7 million. Those assets include more than