Cable Access
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News
Hardly a gangbuster quarter
Half of the 14 publicly traded business-to-business and computer merchants tracked by Catalog Age ended 2004 with a stronger fourth-quarter bottom line
Operation wholesale
Selling goods to other catalogers or retailers can be big business, since a reseller is likely to buy a lot more from you than an individual consumer
NEW CATALOGS
SimplySoles Finding designer shoes in rural areas and sometimes even in cities can be tough. Washington-based SimplySoles hopes to solve that problem
OPERATIONS
Nowhere is the effect of the Internet on the industry clearer than when looking at how orders are received. The respondents to this year’s Catalog Age
To keep growing, Sharper Image prunes
Sharper Image Corp. has had a great run: For nine of the 10 past years, the San Francisco-based manufacturer/marketer of high-tech gifts enjoyed sales
Movers & shakers
Itasca, IL-based office supplies cataloger/retailer OfficeMax announced that Christopher Milliken has resigned as president/CEO/director. Executive chairman
Hanover says goodbye to Gump’s
Weehawken, NJ-based multititle mailer Hanover Direct sold upscale gifts and decor cataloger/retailer Gump’s to a consortium of private investors for $8.5
Holiday hearty for most
Today’s cynical consumers are romantics at heart, if this year’s Valentine’s Day sales are any indication. Most catalogers, particular food gifts mailers,
Live from NEMOA: Creative Differences
Strong catalog creative, from compelling imagery to easy-to-read typefaces, is an essential component of effective branding, Glenda Shasho Jones