At Deadline

| MCM staff

LIMITED SEEKS TO BUY OUTSTANDING SHARES OF INTIMATE BRANDS The Limited has started an exchange offer to buy back the 16% of Intimate Brands it does not

Movers and shakers

| MCM staff

Dodgeville, WI-based apparel cataloger Lands

Fingerhut bidder: I’ll keep company intact

| Kris Oser

(Direct Newsline) Peter Lytle plans to hold onto all of the assets of Fingerhut Cos. and to keep existing senior staffers if his bid to purchase the company

Deikel makes back-up bid for Fingerhut

| MCM staff

The likelihood of Federated Department Stores selling its Fingerhut Cos. subsidiary has increased significantly now that there

Intimate Brands reviewing acquisition offer

| MCM staff

Intimate Brands filed a request with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 20 seeking more time to review an offer from retailer The Limited

At Deadline

| MCM staff

LAYOFFS AT COLDWATER CREEK, L.L. BEAN Women’s apparel cataloger/retailer Coldwater Creek announced on Jan. 10 that it will close its Sandpoint, ID, distribution