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Risking the anger of some of its retail distributors, Waterford Wedgwood has launched an e-commerce site offering Wedgwood china and crystal directly to consumers for the first time

RedEnvelope established itself as a purveyor of gifts

Having stated in January its intention to sell PremiumWear, one of the titles it gained with its June 2004 acquisition of New England Business Service (NEBS), Deluxe Corp. finally divested the property this month.

Though the title of the session was unfortunate, the timing was ideal: During her luncheon presentation,

Change is in the air at cataloger/retailer Smith & Hawken. Rick Ragusa, vice president of direct-to-consumer for the upscale gardening supplies and outdoor furniture merchant detailed those changes

After closing its three major sites for an overhaul in late August, Gap is reportedly drawing more shoppers to the sites than it did before the shutdowns, even as it limits the number of visitors to its online stores.

The Bradford Group, a Niles, IL-based gifts and collectibles direct marketer, is believed to be for sale

Greenwich, CT-based Blyth is spinning off its wholesale group. The move will better enable the company to focus on its catalog, Internet, and direct selling segments.

Electronics chain Circuit City is tuning into the catalog channel: The Richmond, VA-based retailer dropped 1 million copies of a Back

A week after announcing that it would merge and cease mailing its domestic Viking Office Products catalog, Delray Beach, FL-based office products cataloger/retailer Office Depot said on Sept. 19 that it paid a $4.75 million to settle civil claims by the U.S. government.