Sephora Catalog Looking Good

| Moira Cotlier

The upscale-cosmetics catalog competition is a little stiffer these days, now that super-store Sephora has rather quietly entered the mail order channel.

All Roads Lead to Hanover

| MCM staff

When Boris Leavitt launched apparel catalog Lana Lobell in 1950, he had no idea that he was creating a future catalog conglomerate and a mail-order-marketing

Amazon.com Test a Genuine Print Book

| Mark Del Franco

What’s the deal with Amazon.com? In a November interview with Catalog Age, spokesperson Carrie Peters insisted that the Seattle-based online behemoth

FOOL’S GOLD

| Lawrence Dean Shemesh

Dot-com fever unearthed some pockets of pure gold ore, but many prospectors were left with only a few shiny rocks. The Forty-niners just may have a few things to teach the Ninety-niners

Mergers & Acquisitions: First-Quarter 2001

| Mark Del Franco

The first quarter of 2001 was a hotbed of catalog industry mergers and acquisitions. Thirty-seven transactions were completed during the first three months

Zany Brainy Files Chapter 11

| MCM staff

King of Prussia, PA–Toy cataloger/retailer Zany Brainy has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy

Smith & Wesson Sold

| MCM staff

Scottsdale, AZ–Saf-T-Hammer, a gun safety equipment manufacturer, has acquired $112 million gun manufacturer/marketer Smith & Wesson. Saf-T-Hammer acquired