Better ways to pack it in

| MCM staff

If you haven’t examined your packing processes in the past few years, chances are your methodologies could use some improvement. Below, a few packing

Evolution of a brand

| Michael P. Krasny

It started 15 years ago with a three-line, $3, three-day classified ad I placed in The Chicago Tribune to sell my used IBM PC. I sold that computer to

Fire rips through Christmas supplies mailer

| Paul Miller

Kelco Industries, a $5.5 million manufacturer/cataloger of Christmas goods, suffered up to $2.3 million in damages following a fire that ripped through

Next up for J. Jill: retail

| Shannon Oberndorf

Having grown sales nearly 158% in three years, from $85 million in 1996 to $219 million in 1998, women’s apparel cataloger DM Management is ready to conquer

INTERNET AS SAVIOR?

| Mark Del Franco

For years, Weehawken, NJ-based Hanover Direct was one of the more acquisitive catalog companies in the business, having bought six titles since 1993 alone.