Broder Bros. Acquires NES Clothing

| MCM staff

Philadelphia-based imprintable sportswear cataloger Broder Bros. announced on Aug. 31 that it has acquired NES Clothing Co., a Middleboro, MA-based regional distributor of imprintable sportswear. Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital, which owns the majority stake in Broder Bros., orchestrated the deal to buy the privately owned NES.

First Aid for Sales

| Paul Miller

For Tonawanda, NY-based Medco Supply Co., new product introductions and a greater presence at trade shows helped propel overall sales by 6%-8% this year

Best Buy Mails B-to-B Book

| Mark Del Franco

Aiming to grab a greater share of sales from corporate customers, Minneapolis-based consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has launched a business-to-business

By the Numbers

| MCM staff

According to the 2002 Census of Governments Survey of Local Government Finances School Systems, the most recent survey of its kind, education revenue

Ikea Agita

| Sherry Chiger

You know how excited most kids get when they race downstairs Christmas morning to see the heaps of garishly wrapped presents under the tree? That’s almost

listings

| MCM staff

NEW LISTS COFFEE PRODUCT BUYERS The more than 278,000 consumers on this list have bought gourmet coffee and coffee products from direct mail during the