WEBS Weaves Retail Magic With Yarn Harlot Event
Ordinary citizens of Northampton, MA, may not have known who the Yarn Harlot is, but the more than 600 knitting enthusiasts who converged on the town of 29,000 people on May 30 sure did.
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Pier 1 Pulls Plug on Catalog/Web Business
Pier 1 is exiting the direct business. The home furnishings and decor retailer announced on June 21 it will shelve its three-year-old catalog and its seven-year-old e-commerce site by the end of August.
Sharper Image Sales Slide Continues
Fiscal problems continued to plague consumer electronics cataloger/retailer Sharper Image during the first quarter ended April 30.
It’s Final: No Reprieve on Postal Rate Hike
Catalog mailers can kiss any dreams of a postal rake hike reprieve goodbye.
Home Depot Supply Sold
A trio of private equity firms–Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice–have snapped up Home Depot
Scrapbook.com Acquires Rival Site
Now that it was acquired the Web-retail and catalog assets of Keeping Memories Alive (KMA), scrapbook accessories site Scrapbook.com finally has its hands on the Scrapbooks.com domain name and Website.
MacKenzie-Childs Mulling a Sale
MacKenzie-Childs is about to go on the selling block once again.