Good Time for Bargain Hunting

| Mark Del Franco

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, one company’s hardship is another’s gain. When a company is operating under financial duress, notes Jim Adams,

Case Study: PCD on a Roll

| Margery Weinstein

North Branford, CT-based multititle mailer Professional Cutlery Direct (PCD), which mails the cooking supplies catalogs Profes-sional Cutlery Direct and

Hanover Direct Going for Growth

| Paul Miller

The numbers continue to look bad for Edgewater, NJ-based multititle cataloger Hanover Direct, but the outlook appears more promising than it’s been in

Board Elected at Red Envelope Annual Meeting

| MCM staff

After much acrimony, shareholders at San Francisco-based gifts marketer RedEnvelope elected all six company-backed nominees to the board of directors during its 2004 Annual Meeting on Aug. 27.