E-commerce: Disappearing ink

| Mark Del Franco

Robert Lickton’s grandfather founded Lickton Supply Co., a bicycle gear and accessories catalog, in 1935. For more than 60 years, the Oak Park, IL-based

Appleseed’s buyout

| Mark Del Franco

Brenda Koskinen, the president/ CEO of women’s apparel catalog Appleseed’s, obviously believes in the future of the company: In March she bought the Beverly,

ask the experts

| MCM staff

Tim Choate is president/CEO of FreeShop.com, a Seattle-based online source of free offers and special deals from major marketers.When customers join your

Brylane’s joie de vivre marriage

| Paul Miller

Brylane, a $1.3 billion-plus mailer of 11 catalogs, is gearing up for a good time as a subsidiary of the privately held French cataloger/retailer Pinault-Printemps-Redoute

Tariff troubles

| Shannon Oberndorf

What do cut flowers, cashmere, and candles have in common? All of them could cost catalogers a lot more to import from Europe.In March, the U.S. government

Feel-good ordering

| Liz Kislik

No matter how well targeted your mailing lists, how inviting your photography, or how compelling your product descriptions, you can lose sales if customers

backword

| MCM staff

Georgia on their minds For certain, it’s getting harder and harder to find new catalog products. Now it seems mailers can’t even count on local heroes