New Web Catalogs
Thanks to the Web, the 20,000 retailers of The Boyds Collection line of stuffed bears and other gifts and collectibles can place orders and get customer
Thanks to the Web, the 20,000 retailers of The Boyds Collection line of stuffed bears and other gifts and collectibles can place orders and get customer
Several list professionals estimate that, as a result of sluggish catalog sales, the number of 12-month buyer names available for rent has dropped by
While consumer catalogers have long accepted cooperative databases, many of their business-to-business brethren have stayed on the sidelines. Some are
A Catalog Age staffer recently placed an order at 11 a.m. on the Website of 1-800-Flowers.com. The site specifies same-day delivery for orders placed
Realizing just how different the furniture business is from the novelties, stationery, and picture-frame businesses, multititle mailer Miles Kimball is
Continuing the trend of bringing the dot-com to the customer’s doorstep, Web marketers Drugstore.com and Style.com recently launched catalogs. Beyond
Every catalog business has its unique inventory challenges. Apparel catalogs can expect high returns and cancellations often 25%-30% of sales and typically
In these pages last year, we predicted that the January 2001 postal hike and a potential economic slowdown would lead to only a modest increase in paper
In the first installment of our three-part series covering CATALOG AGE’s Consumer Shopping Survey (see the August issue), we looked at the demographics
Our local Home Depot was so crowded on Labor Day, you would have thought they were giving away lumber and pipe fittings. I spent a good 10 minutes dodging