180 Packing Days ’til Christmas

| Bennett Voyles

Dear Mr. Claus, We know you see us when we’re schlepping, but we wanted to remind you that we are very worried about the 2004 Christmas rush. Every year,

China Tariff Could Hit Mailers in the Bedroom

| Paul Miller

Marketers of wooden bedroom furniture may be saying good-night to cheap imports from the People’s Republic of China. By the end of the summer, a proposed

Running on Empty

| Margery Weinstein

When sales are better than expected, most catalogers are thrilled. Then again, better than expected also means better than projected, and in these lean,

Training Day

| Rama Ramaswami

Which would you rather do handle a rush job in the DC or spend time in training? The obvious answer may not always be the right one. A report from the

New and Improved

| Paul Miller

To say that catalogers would be lost without technology is an understatement. From merge/purging mailing lists on the front end to tilt-tray sorting SKUs

One of Every SKU

| D. Douglas Graham

Our merchandising strategy is to leave no stone unturned, says co-owner Bart Calame. We are a specialty provider, and we carry all the brands that outdoor

at deadline

| MCM staff

HANOVER DIRECT SHAKEUP: SHULL OUT, GARTEN BACK Edgewater, NJ-based multititle cataloger Hanover Direct on May 6 announced the resignation of Thomas C.