Hanover Direct Chairman, Board Member Both Resign
Weehawken, NJ–Multititle housewares and apparel cataloger Hanover Direct on Dec. 20 completed a common and preferred stock transaction with Richemont
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Online marketer Stratmosphere launches print book
After two years selling Audi aftermarket part online, Stratmosphere mailed 20,000 copies of its first catalog in December to customers and rented names.
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Congress looks to give USPS $500 million to sanitize mail
House and Senate conferees on Dec. 18 agreed to include a $500 million appropriation for the U.S. Postal Service in the Department of Defense appropriations
NBTY buys Knox supplements business
Nutritional supplements manufacturer/marketer NBTY agreed to buy the Knox NutraJoint and Knox for Nails supplements business from Kraft Foods for roughly
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USPS, clerks union reach accord
The U.S. Postal Service and its largest union, the American Postal Workers Union, agreed on a three-year contract on Dec. 18 through binding arbitration.
Deutsche Optik parent launches spin-off
In the market for a wristwatch from World War II? Then you
Google beta-testing catalog search site
Web search engine Google on Dec. 13 opened a beta site of its new catalog search engine, Catalogs.google.com to coincide with last-minute holiday shopping.
Online spending jumped 91% in early December
Total online spending surged 91% during the first week of December compared to an average week in November, according to a report released Dec. 17 by