Sales Gain, Income Erosion for Neiman Marcus
Annual sales for Dallas-based cataloger/retailer The Neiman Marcus Group (NYSE: NMG.A), which mails the high-end Neiman Marcus and Horchow titles, increased 9%, to $4.1 billion
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Thalheimer Out as Sharper Image CEO
Following 18 months of shrinking sales and profits, Sharper Image Corp. founder Richard Thalheimer, the merchandising visionary who made high-end gadgetry accessible to the masses, was replaced as chairman/CEO
Eleventh-Hour Debate Over Parcel Rates Could Kill Postal Reform
As the House and the Senate mull the merits of enacting postal reform, it appears that 11th-hour lobbying efforts brought by private-sector package delivery firms over parcel rates could threaten postal reform,
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Live from NEMOA: Sales Promotions a Subject of Debate
Saratoga Springs, NY–Sales promotions or no sales promotions? That was the question posed during a session at the
Collegiate Pacific to Purchase Remaining Sport Supply Shares…Again
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That’s what Collegiate Pacific intends to do by offering once again to acquire the remaining shares of Sport Supply Group it does not currently own
Live from NEMOA: The End of the Big-Box Era?
Saratoga Springs, NY–Paco Underhill, founder/managing director of New York-based research and consulting firm Envirosell, knows a thing or two about shopping trends. His agency scours all points of the globe
Some Question PMG’s May 6 Postal Increase Date
Speaking in Arlington, TX, at a conference of business mailers on Sept. 20, Postmaster General Jack Potter, said that he expects the new postal rates to take effect on May 6, 2007.
Socially Conscious Fair Indigo Catalog Hits Mailboxes
Four former Lands’ End executives have teamed together to create Fair Indigo, a multichannel apparel company with a socially conscious message.
Harry and David Holdings Ends Year Just Shy of $600 Million
For the fiscal year ended June 24, food and horticulture merchant Harry and David Holdings posted revenue of $598.2 million, up nearly 6%