Greenwich, CT-based Blyth, the parent company of gifts and housewares mailers Miles Kimball and Walter Drake, on Sept. 13 announced it had acquired Edelman, a designer/marketer of home, garden, and seasonal decor, and Euro-Decor, a designer/marketer of gifts and florist products.
Rye Brook, NY–In the luncheon session of the Direct Marketing Association
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Rye Brook, NY–Catalogers considering selling blow-ins should be sure to get the size dimensions of the inserts their advertisers are looking to place up front; otherwise, they could face some unexpected postage costs
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Although its two stores remain dark, New York-based toy marketer FAO Schwarz relaunched its catalog business this week, mailing 1 million books that try to distance the company from its recent past.
San Diego-based As We Change is operating under new ownership. Manufacturer/marketer Real Health Laboratories, also based in San Diego, purchased the cataloger
Hurricane Frances forced numerous Florida businesses to shut down for several days.
Improved catalog sales in the month of August for the publicly traded cataloger/retailers give cause for cautious optimism as consumer marketers gear up for the all-important fourth quarter.
Judging by the number of pint-sized pure-breds teetering along city sidewalks and poking their heads out of designer pocketbooks, small dogs are big business.