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New owner intends to grow San Francisco Music Box catalog
Joel Kier, chairman of the new parent company of San Francisco Music Box Co., expects to begin growing the gifts marketer
EBay to distribute print traffic driver
EBay has succumbed to the power of the (printing) press. The San Jose, CA-based online auction company will distribute 23 million copies of a print catalog
Consumer confidence takes another tumble
Consumer confidence fell once again in November, continuing a decline that began in June. The Conference Board
For online merchants, Dec. 7 is “black Friday”
As you no doubt suspected, online holiday shopping patterns are very different from those of offline shoppers, according to a study by the Atlas Institute.
Brooks Brothers sold for $225 million
British retailer Marks & Spencer sold New York-based cataloger/retailer Brooks Brothers on Nov. 23 to Retail Brand Alliance. Enfield, CT-based Retail
USPS, NALC union extend contract negotiations
Pleased with the apparent progress of their negotiations, the U.S. Postal Service and its second-largest union, the National Association of Letter Carriers
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Corte Madera, CA-based cataloger/retailer Restoration Hardware appointed Kevin W. Shahan chief financial officer, effective Dec. 3. Most recently, Shahan