Avoiding PPC Fraud

| MCM staff

With the advent of pay-per-click (PPC) search engine advertising has come PPC fraud. In a white paper from online ad services provider Clicklab entitled

Henry Schein Acquires Northeast Dental Distributor

| MCM staff

Looking to bolster its presence in the Northeastern U.S., especially in the Boston area, Melville, NY-based medical dental and veterinary giant Henry Schein (NASDAQ: HSIC) acquired $20 million Windsor, CT-based Barton-Cyker Dental Supply.

Net Loss Widens at Casual Male

| MCM staff

Canton, MA-based cataloger/retailer Casual Male Retail Group (Nasdaq: CMRG), whose brands include Casual Male Big & Tall, Rochester Big & Tall, and the George Foreman clothing collection, blamed higher operating expenses for its disappointing results.

HSN Improvements Buys Alsto Catalog

| MCM staff

St. Petersburg, FL-based HSN Improvements, the catalog subsidiary of cable-TV shopping giant HSN, is acquiring the Alsto catalog and Web business from cataloger/retailer Dick Blick Holdings.

Concepts Direct to Close at Year’s End

| Mark Del Franco

CATALOG AGE has learned that Longmont, CO-based multititle cataloger Concepts Direct, which mails the Linda Anderson, The Music Stand, Garfield Stuff, and New Bargains catalog titles, will close at the end of the year.