Godiva goes mobile
Godiva Chocolatier has a new flavor: BlackBerry. The multichannel food and gift merchant has added a mobile channel to enable BlackBerry smartphone users
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1-800-Flowers.com buys DesignPac Gifts
Multititle mailer 1-800-Flowers.com announced on May 1 it has acquired DesignPac Gifts for $36 million. DesignPac Gifts, which did $50 million in sales
Movers & shakers
Day-Timer has named Martha A. Curren vice president/general manager for the U.S., Canadian and International marketplace. Curren had most recently been
MacKenzie-Childs acquired
Private equity firm Twin Lakes Capital acquired ceramics manufacturer/marketer MacKenzie-Childs on May 7. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MacKenzie-Childs,
Red Envelope Sold to Provide Commerce
Embattled gifts cataloger Red Envelope has a new lease on its fiscal life.
Sharper Image Sold in Joint Venture
Sharper Image Corp., which put itself up for sale last month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has been acquired by a joint venture led by units of private investment firms Hilco Consumer Capital Corp. and Gordon Brothers Group.
Financial Report: Delia’s, Tiffany
First-quarter sales for Delia’s and Tiffany
Profits Plummet at Chico’s
First-quarter net sales for women
L-Com Launched Hyperlink Technologies Catalog
A year after business-to-business merchant L-Com Connectivity Products bought Hyperlink Technologies, it’s launched a catalog for the wireless connectivity equipment seller.
Otter Swims Across the Pond
Otter, the men