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Why would an industry giant like L.L. Bean launch a catalog and not endow it with the company’s 86-year-old brand? The perception that Bean’s fashion

Duncraft You don’t have to be an ornithologist to put up a feeder and watch birds come to your backyard,” says Michelle Pinciaro, customer service manager

Barbie may finally get her own catalog, now that her parent company, Mattel, has entered the business. On June 15, the $4.8 billion toy manufacturer agreed

Catalog Age’s exclusive ranking of 1997’s top 100 U.S. catalogers is sure to please lovers of paradox. Continued consolidations resulted in the growth

August 1-5 San Francisco International Gift Fair. George Little Management. George R. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco. For more information,

A year after acquiring the Walter Drake catalog of personalized gifts, Foster & Gallagher (F&G) is using the title to boost sales of and supply merchandise

Computer cataloger Insight Enterprises is setting its sights on global expansion. Having posted a profit on its Canadian division just six months after

Hanover Direct spent the last year shrinking-consolidating warehouses, cutting staff, and trimming circulation. In doing so, the multititle consumer cataloger

Alternatives to alternative media I read the article “Best bets for prospecting” by Jack Schmid in the April 15 issue twice and liked it both times. I

FULCRUM DIRECT CHIEFS RESIGN Fulcrum Direct CEO Mike Lederman and president/COO Scott Budoff both resigned in mid-June, and as of mid-July, the Fulcrum