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Barb Todd, who ran Portland, OR-based The Good Catalog Co. since cofounding it in 1992, left the company on Dec. 31, the day her contract with parent

Mobile, or wireless, commerce could be the wave of the future. So does that mean it’s time to regulate?Just when you thought you had e-commerce nailed

Last month we discussed the cost of getting a customer, a key measurement for the “front end,” or the prospecting side of the business. Now, we look at

The peril of focusing on Web content at the expense of sales Who knew that health and wellness products cataloger SelfCare was in trouble? In fact, a

Given the success Lands’ End has had with its second channel, the Internet, some observers don’t rule out the possibility that the company will soon start

With five acquisitions, networking solutions provider Black Box Corp. was the busiest deal maker of the quarter. The economy may have stalled, but catalog-related

Four years after putting Edmund Scientific on the selling block, Edmund Optics has sold the $10 million science hobbyists catalog to Science Kit & Boreal

Changes in merchandising, shipping credited for drop in post-holiday returnsAfter a decent holiday season, most catalogers say that their post-holiday

New Lists MAGAZINE EXECUTIVES The Magazines and Trade Papers list from American List Counsel consists of 39,111 executives at 8,965 publications. The

Despite 2000’s dot-com woes, online retailing continues to grow, according to New York-based research firm Ernst & Young LLP. The company’s Global Online