Alloy acquires 360 Youth

| MCM staff

Teen apparel and accessories cataloger Alloy is also a growing teen media company, as its latest acquisition affirms. The New York-based company has bought

NBTY Sales Increased 12%, Income Drops 19%

| MCM staff

Bohemia, NY–Nutritional supplements manufacturer/marketer NBTY reported a 19% sales increase for the quarter ended Sept. 30, to $211 million. Last year,

Harvard Bioscience Acquires Scie-Plas

| MCM staff

Holliston, MA–Harvard Bioscience has acquired Scie-Plas, a U.K. company that designs, manufactures, and markets equipment for gel electrophoresis, a

Getting ‘Em Back via E-mail

| Moira Cotlier

In light of the economy, numerous catalogers are scaling back on their prospecting to focus more heavily on customer reactivation. And in light of rising

Catalog Analysis: Getting to Breakeven

| Jack Schmid

Breakeven analysis is one of the most difficult tools for new catalogers and Web marketers to understand. As with the forecast, you typically perform

Burpee Holding Co. Files for Chapter 11

| Moira Cotlier

Burpee Holding Co., the Warminster, PA-based holding company of seed cataloger W. Atlee Burpee & Co., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a