Second-quarter sales for Office Depot decreased 1%, to $3.6 billion for the three months ended June 28. The company reported a net loss of $2 million, compared to net income of $106 million for the same period last year.
Boating supplies cataloger/retailer has closed a distribution center in Hagerstown, MD, and a call center in Largo, FL.
Direct Marketing Services Inc. (DMSI), the multititle mailer that acquired Montgomery Ward out of bankruptcy in June 2004, is on the block.
Last Christmas a robotic baby dinosaur demonstrated a social media marketing tactic that can generate a mammoth return: a social network.
When done right, a social network can turn customers into advocates
Marketing services provider Vertis Communications on July 15 announced plans to begin voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. This paves the way for a previously announced merger with American Color Graphics
Food gifts cataloger Fairytale Brownies is caught in the perfect storm of rising prices of raw goods such as flour, cocoa, and nuts
Not planning to add staff during the third quarter? That would make your company among the majority, according to the latest employment figures put together by direct marketing recruiting firm Bernhart Associates.
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Lifestyle Apparel Manufacturer/Marketer Horny Toad Activewear announced in June that it has acquired the assets of Nau, which sells a clothing line similar
Party Supplies and Costumes merchant Celebrate Express was sold to holding company Liberty Media for $31 million in cash, or $3.90 per share. The deal,