Financial reports: Concepts Direct, Intimate Brands, Neiman Marcus
Concepts Direct Annual Net Loss Grows 15% Multititle marketer Concepts Direct (Nasdaq: CDIR) enjoyed a 13% rise in fourth-quarter sales but a 90% plunge
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Omaha Steaks delivers for new gourmet meal service
A year after it was launched by Omaha Steaks, online prepared-foods purveyor A La Zing is working has hooked up with frozen-foods manufacturer Cuisine
Fingerhut bidder: I’ll keep company intact
(Direct Newsline) Peter Lytle plans to hold onto all of the assets of Fingerhut Cos. and to keep existing senior staffers if his bid to purchase the company
Nordstrom Web sales fall, catalog losses shrink
Seattle-based fashion cataloger/retailer Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN – news) today reported net earnings of $50.7 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the
Deikel makes back-up bid for Fingerhut
The likelihood of Federated Department Stores selling its Fingerhut Cos. subsidiary has increased significantly now that there
Federated signs letter of intent to sell Fingerhut catalogs
The waiting is over
At the Hudson Valley DMA: Pushing through tough times
(Direct Newsline) Mailers need to focus on reactivation and prospecting because the size of the average house file has decreased 10% over the last year,
Penney posts profit, prepares to mail spin-off
Things are looking up for cataloger/retailer J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP). Despite a 3% decline in annual sales, the general merchandiser ended fiscal 2001