Hanover Direct Going for Growth

| Paul Miller

The numbers continue to look bad for Edgewater, NJ-based multititle cataloger Hanover Direct, but the outlook appears more promising than it’s been in

Good Time for Bargain Hunting

| Mark Del Franco

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, one company’s hardship is another’s gain. When a company is operating under financial duress, notes Jim Adams,

19 ANNUAL Catalog Awards

| MCM staff

GOING FOR THE GOLD There’s always excitement in the air during an Olympic year, but at Catalog Age we have an Olympics of sorts every year: the Annual

2004 Salaries and Wages Warehousing

| Rama Ramaswami

It’s one thing to wish for that million-dollar pay package, quite another to do a realistic appraisal of where you stand by comparing your salary with

Selecting Order Management Systems

| Ernie Schell

There’s something about software that turns the sanity switch to in the minds of many otherwise sensible individuals. People who would never presume to

Upwardly Mobile

| MCM staff

World events have slammed us so hard in recent years that we no longer have the time or resources to indulge in Big Ideas. But in a buyers’ guide, with

Spiegel Fields Eddie Bauer Bids; Decision Near?

| Paul Miller

Although Spiegel has no specific timetable, the bankrupt holding company appears to be closing in on accepting a bid for its last remaining division, apparel cataloger/retailer Eddie Bauer.

Looking Up: The Catalog Age 100

| Sherry Chiger

If you believe that what’s good for big business is good for America, then this year’s Catalog Age 100 should give you reason to cheer. Seventy of the

Cultivating Happier Returns

| Margery Weinstein

For catalogers, returns are a fact of life. According to Richmond, VA-based operations consultancy F. Curtis Barry & Co., typical return rates range from

Tyrol Begets Alpenland

| Margery Weinstein

German gifts cataloger Tyrol International closed more than a year ago. But it spawned a similar catalog that has quietly been doing business since last