PROFITABLE PROSPECTING

| Steve Tamke

Strategic prospecting can help you cut promotion costs, increase your response rates, and improve the future value of your customersPostage is increasing!

CASE STUDY: ROSS-SIMONS

| Mark Del Franco

Coordination, Not Integration… Not Yet, Anyway With 11 stores, a four-year-old Website, and an annual catalog circulation of about 70 million, jewelry,

Rev Up Your Circulation

| Jack Schmid

Welcome to Catalog Age’s new column, “Catalog Analysis,” which focuses on the often-neglected analytical and measurement side of the catalog business.

Angelica spins off Life Uniform title

| Mark Del Franco

After failing to find a buyer, Chesterfield, MO-based business apparel manufacturer/marketer Angelica Corp. took a different tack: it introduced another

Pure-plays defend business without catalogs

| Mark Del Franco

According to the Direct Marketing Association, at least 17 Web pure-play marketers have launched print catalogs. Food.com, Kidstoysplus.com, Lucy.com,

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

| Mark Del Franco

Third quarter gets busy In the wake of dot-com fever, catalog M&A activity heats up After a sluggish start to the first half of 2000, it looks like merger

Catalogs drive Web traffic

| MCM staff

New study confirms that mailings boost online visits Many catalogers suspected as much, but a new consumer study confirms it: A print catalog is the most

CHANNEL YOUR POWER

| Julie Barton Miller

Managing multiple fulfillment avenues calls for a flawless performance. Get the choreography right with these steps from seven successful merchantsRemember

ACQUISITIONS

| Shayn Ferriolo

Spices Etc. gets Mo Hotta Jim Kelley and his son, Jimmy Kelley Jr., wanted to add some heat to their Savannah, GA-based Spices Etc. catalog business.

Rush Enterprises acquires Smith Bros.

| MCM staff

You might ask why a holding company with sales of more than $800 million would be interested in buying a specialty cataloger/retailer with approximate