Marketing Benchmark’99

| MCM staff

Catalogers must have taken the phrase “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it” to heart. Although the Internet has persuaded some catalogers to alter their

No greed in sight

| Moira Pascale

According to a number of list firms, consumer list prices should remain relatively stable this year. On the other hand, many pros also say list spending

Killing 200 birds with one stone

| MCM staff

You’ve heard the old joke: A fellow walks into a store. On the shelves are boxes and bags of salt. Salt everywhere. “You have a lot of salt here,” he

At Deadline

| MCM staff

GENESIS DIRECT DOWNSIZES After building a stable of more than 30 catalogs over three years, Genesis Direct announced on Feb. 3 that it would sell all

Lands’ End wields the ax

| Paul Miller

On Jan. 12, Lands’ End president/CEO David Dyer announced a restructuring plan in which the $1.24 billion cataloger would eliminate 94 of its 888 salaried

Multiple analytical tools

| Jim Wheaton

Despite a vast selection of analytical tools available today, many catalogers don’t stray from the traditional customer segmentation of recency, frequency,

Cover at deadline

| MCM staff

TEEN APPAREL CATALOG SHUTTERS Just Nikki, a teen apparel catalog launched by retailer Claire’s Stores in February 1998, mailed its last book in mid-November.

Online Office Supplies.com

| Moira Pascale

When Paula Jagemann came up nearly empty after searching the Internet last year for office supplies, she decided to start an online office products catalog