Print still key to Wilmar’s growth

| Shannon Oberndorf

Although Wilmar Industries is taking the plunge into e-commerce next month, the repair and maintenance products cataloger still sees print catalogs as

THE STOCK MARKET: Too late for Web IPOs?

| Mark Del Franco

Internet stocks’ volatility is giving some investors pauseThe white-hot valuations of Web stocks may be starting to cool, which could translate into disappointment

U.K. parent’s plans for Allied

| Patricia Odell

With its $380 million purchase of electronic components catalog Allied Electronics in June, U.K. cataloger Electrocomponents gained more than a $150 million

Saks starts chasing men

| Moira Pascale

Upscale cataloger/retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is beefing up its menswear business with a catalog launched this summer.The 52-page Saks Fifth Avenue Folio

A Web of M&A activity

| Mark Del Franco

Although the number of catalog mergers and acquisitions during the second quarter remained the same as during the second quarter of 1998, Web-related

THE CATALOG AGE 100

| Sherry Chiger

Acquisitions and the Web: These two issues have been driving the catalog industry for the past couple of years, so it’s no surprise that they’re key to

Paragon parent buys Popcorn Factory

| Mark Del Franco

Wand Partners, a private equity investment firm, on July 6 acquired Foster & Gallagher’s The Popcorn Factory for an undisclosed amount. Lake Forest, IL-based

FULFILLMENT: Building back-end.com

| Mark Del Franco

Web marketers once touted their virtual warehouses as a competitive advantage they enjoyed over traditional catalogers. By acting as a drop-shipper, without