Paper Mills Starting to Assess Shipment Charges

| Jim Tierney

Due to the weak economy and price of oil, some paper mills have begun assessing shipment charges for the first time, according to Dan Walsh, vice president of catalog/publication papers at distributor Bradner Smith & Co.

The distressing tale of DMSI

| MCM staff

When the Word Got Out that Direct Marketing Services Inc. (DMSI) would be sold at a public auction on Aug. 5, not many people even knew the multititle

The Independents

| Ray Schultz

Walter KarlEdith RomanDirect MediaWill there be a single independent list firm standing by the time Vin Gupta is done? Good question. Gupta has said several

People

| MCM staff

Eddie Bauer Holdings has hired Pirkko Karhunen as senior vice president, design. She most recently worked for Aeropostale. The company also hired Carrie

Slowdown Lowdown

| Ray Schultz

ParadyszMatera CEO Chris Paradysz has a theory: The list business likes to put itself in a corner, he says. But it’s no different from any other business.