M&A Activity Grinds to a Halt

| Jim Tierney

Just Three Catalog-Related Deals were reported in the second quarter a far cry from the 10 we reported in the second quarter last year. While the quarter

ABC Supply Acquires Bradco Supply

| Jim Tierney

Described as its largest acquisition ever, ABC Supply Co. has signed an agreement to acquire Bradco Supply Corp. The boards of both companies approved the purchase and expect it to close by the end of June.

Two More Acquisitions for Sport Supply Group

| Jim Tierney

Sport Supply Group has picked up two more. The sports equipment merchant acquired substantially all of the assets of Coaches Sports Corner, a regional team sports distributor based in Sandusky, OH, and certain assets of Greg Larson Sports, a national cataloger and regional team sports distributor based in Brainerd, MN.

Central Restaurant Starts School Nutrition Equipment Title

| MCM staff

The title, which will be unveiled March 29, sells products to help improve workflow, promote food safety techniques and encourage healthy food preparation methods in public and private K-12 school districts, colleges and universities. The more than 3,000 products available include steamers, combination ovens and food trays.

Cleaning up b-to-b files

| Tim Parry

Business-to-business merchants traditionally have not been the most savvy when it comes to list hygiene. Why’s that? The theory had always been that if