Insight, Black Box Make Overseas Acquisitions
Stamford, CT
News
L.L. Bean to Close Freeport Studio
Freeport, ME
Burpee Holding Files for Chapter 11
Warminster, PA–Burpee Holding Co., the holding company of seed cataloger W. Atlee Burpee & Co., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Philadelphia
FTC Changes Position on Privacy
Washington–In a reversal of the Clinton Administration
USPS Launches Confirm Tracking Program
Washington
Movers and Shakers
New York-based teen apparel cataloger/retailer Delia
Norm Thompson to Produce All Catalogs on Recycled Paper
Hillsboro, OR
Nordstrom Lays Off 1,600, Turns to Discounting to Move Inventory
Seattle– Slumping sales have caused apparel cataloger/retailer Nordstrom to lay off 1,600 employees
Hanover Direct Drops Two Presidents
Weehawken, NJ
CMS Buys Prefer Network
St. Paul, MN–List processing services provider Catalog Marketing Services (CMS) on Sept. 28 bought The Prefer Network, an Internet-based catalog co-op