Grainger Posts Strong Third-Quarter Sales
Facilities maintenance products distributor Grainger saw third quarter sales increase 11%, to $1.8 billion, compared to the third quarter of 2007.
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Ed Krell CEO for Mothers Work; Justin Seamonds new Dean & DeLuca CFO; Axel Pfitzenreiter appointed supply chain director for Henry Schein’s Central European operations; Eddie Bauer Holdings hired Scott Hutsenpiller as vice president, outerwear design
Boudin Bakery Slicing Off Print Catalog Channel
Boudin Bakery catalog customers are going to go hungry this fall. Instead of dropping its usual 300,000 catalogs this month, the company is sending customers a flier to tell them it will no longer be producing print catalogs
Charming Shoppes Expects Bigger 3Q Loss, Others Report September Sales Off
Faced with slumping sales due to a weak economy, specialty and women
Live From the DMA: On the Block at the DMEF Dinner
Concerned about the lack of direct marketing talent available today? It might look better in the near future, as the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation is all about “educating students today to enrich the direct/interactive marketing talent pool of tomorrow.”
Layoffs for Oriental Trading
A spokesman says the novelties, toys, party supplies and home decor merchant is cutting jobs to streamline operations and eliminate overlapping services in the “challenging economic environment.”
Get Out Your Wallets: Here’s Neiman’s Christmas Catalog
Yes, the economy
New Frontier for SkyMall
In-flight retailer SkyMall is getting more frequent flier miles. The company just announced a new partnership with Frontier Airlines