Growing pains

| Diane Cyr

It’s no coincidence that many entrepreneurs call their catalogs their “babies.” Like their human counterparts, no two catalogs ever seem to grow up in

Vanity 800s in peril

| MCM staff

If you think your vanity 800-number is protected under trademark laws, think again. In mid-July, a New Jersey District Court dismissed liquor cataloger

Mining new niches

| Shannon Oberndorf

Amid the storm of catalog mergers and acquisitions, one mailer is opting to grow from within. Concepts Direct, which produces the Colorful Images catalog

Cornerstone’s next step

| Peter Girard

The end of summer tends to be quiet for many businesses-but not for Cornerstone Brands. On Aug. 25, the Portland, ME-based multititle cataloger acquired

Made in Japan, marketed in U.S.

| MCM staff

An estimated 839,000 Japanese-Americans live in the U.S. today, up 4.2% from 1990, according to New York marketing agency Kang & Lee. And that number

Fingerhut’s Hispanic push

| Lynn Dougherty

After trimming circulation of its general merchandise catalog last year to bolster flat profits, Fingerhut is in a heavy growth mode. The $1.5 billion

Merchandising

| MCM staff

They say that behind every great catalog is a great merchant-many of whom are the owners or founders of the company. In fact, 48% of the participants

Lessons from Christmases past

| Peter Girard

Rosalie Blood is vice president/general manager of Delray Beach, FL-based Blood’s Hammock Groves, a cataloger/retailer of fresh oranges, grapefruit, and