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Coming off a solid spring season, and buoyed by the strong economy and the prospect of a delayed (and manageable) postal rate increase, consumer catalog

The J. Crew Group is putting its women’s apparel book, Clifford & Wills (CW), on the selling block. But why, especially since CW showed a 50% growth in

Nearly two years after announcing its intentions to exit the catalog industry, Deluxe Corp., a financial services and check printing company, has agreed

DM Management, the $135 million parent company of the J. Jill and Nicole Summers women’s apparel catalogs, plans to hop on the home goods bandwagon. The

First-quarter merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among catalogers slowed 26% this year, as companies concentrated on absorbing earlier transactions

We will be moving toward customization and personalization in our catalog offerings. People will be able to pick and choose from the items in the catalog

RATE COMMISSION REDUCES POSTAGE HIKE On May 11, the Postal Rate Commission (PRC), the independent government agency that has deliberated over the U.S.

Most customers know what they want-a good product at a good price, with good service thrown in. And as we head into the 21st century, customers will become

The stock market is soaring, consumer demand is steady, unemployment has withered, and inflation is nearly undetectable. The catalog industry has thrived

When ValueVision International, the nation’s third-largest TV home shopping network, bought the Montgomery Ward Direct catalog from Fingerhut two years