Petals Acquired by Southridge Capital

| Mark Del Franco

Shortly after cataloger/retailer Petals filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in November, its name and assets were acquired by Ridgefield, CT-based private

Advances in Bar Coding

| MCM staff

All the talk about radio frequency identification technology makes it easy to believe that traditional bar codes are on their last legs. Not so, according

3Q Sales Grow at the Expense of Profits

| Mark Del Franco

For business and computer catalogers, increased sales came at the expense of profits during the third quarter. Among the 14 publicly traded companies

Petals Acquired by Southridge Capital

| Mark Del Franco

The name and assets of cataloger/retailer Petals, which filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in November, was acquired by Ridgefield, CT-based private equity

Home Depot Acquires MRO Supplier

| MCM staff

In a move to bolster its Maintenance Warehouse catalog, Fullerton, CA-based Home Depot has agreed to buy Economy Maintenance Supply Co., a Sterling, VA-based

Quality Vs. Quantity

| Mark Del Franco

Only 13 mergers and acquisitions were transacted during the third quarter, compared with 22 deals in the third quarter of last year. But a number of the

Chapter 7: Monitoring

| MCM staff

WHY MONITOR? As you will see, most centers monitor, especially phone calls. And the reasons why they monitor, according to an ICMI/ACNielsen Study done

People News

| MCM staff

Vernon Hills, IL-based business-to-business technology products/services cataloger/retailer CDW Corp. has appointed Cindy Klimstra director of investor