It’s Raining Catalogs
Catalog Tracker’s mailbox was bulging with catalogs in March. The service of Greenwich, CT-based list firm Direct Media received 423 consumer catalogs
News
A System to Tackle Tough DM Tasks
When the great jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington wanted to offer the highest praise, he would say that something or someone was beyond
Target Sells Signals, Wireless Catalogs
In late April, four months after announcing that it was retreating from the catalog business, Minneapolis-based Target Corp. sold its Signals and Wireless
Deal Market Revving into Gear
If the first quarter is any indication, 2004 is going to be a banner year for industry deal making. During the first three months of the year, 21 catalog
Not-So-Risky Business
Barry Gilbert, the CEO of cataloger/retailer Smith & Hawken, got one of the biggest laughs at this year’s Annual Catalog Conference during the opening
China Tariff Could Hit Mailers in the Bedroom
Marketers of wooden bedroom furniture may be saying good-night to cheap imports from the People’s Republic of China. By the end of the summer, a proposed
listings
NEW LISTS TENNIS WEEK More than 25,000 tennis enthusiasts and professionals subscribe to Tennis Week magazine. Subscribers have a median age of 36 and
Deutsche Optik, WarTimers Sold
Mike Rivkin, the founder of the Deutsche Optik and WarTimers catalogs, is going fishing. Rivkin, who ran both books under his SCM Corp. corporate moniker,
at deadline
HANOVER DIRECT SHAKEUP: SHULL OUT, GARTEN BACK Edgewater, NJ-based multititle cataloger Hanover Direct on May 6 announced the resignation of Thomas C.
A Proper Handle on Returns
Delray Beach, FL-based women’s apparel cataloger Boston Proper two years ago developed a software system to help with its biggest inventory management