Making the Cuts

| MCM staff

Edmund Optics canceled all fourth-quarter travel. Girlfriends L.A. is using lighter packaging materials to lower its shipping costs. Newark Electronics

Nasco to Merge with Aristotle

| Paul Miller

The taxman, as well as a desire to grow an underdeveloped segment of its business, led $150 million educational supplies mailer Nasco International to

Macy’s Catalog, We Hardly Knew Ye

| MCM staff

The venerable Macy’s department store has been around since 1858. But the Macy’s print catalog won’t be able to boast of such longevity. Three years after

At Deadline

| MCM staff

DR. LEONARD’S, SUNBELT SPORTSWEAR FOR SALE Edison, NJ-based Dr. Leonard’s Healthcare Corp., a low-end health products cataloger, has hired an investment

Listings

| MCM staff

NEW LISTS CROSSING POINTE The 147,113 customers of the Crossing Pointe catalog from Blair Corp. spend an average of $95 an order on stylish, affordable