Gander Mountain Wins Right to Use Logo, Name in Direct Marketing
Eleven years after mailing its last catalog, Gander Mountain can get back into direct marketing again.
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1-800-Flowers.com: Going Mobile
Too busy to shop online? If you have a cell phone, 1-800-Flowers.com can help.
Doctors Foster and Smith On Target With Retail Distribution
Pet supplies cataloger Doctors Foster and Smith is rolling into the retail channel in a big way: The company will begin selling its products in nearly 900 Target stores nationwide next week.
Red Envelope Trims Losses
Things are looking up at Red Envelope (Nasdaq: REDE). The gifts cataloger
Performance Bicycle Sold to Private Equity Firm
North Castle Partners has been wheeling and dealing: The private equity investor announced on July 3 it bought Performance Bicycle.
NRF Urging House Support on Store Appreciation Bill
Legislation introduced last week would expand and make permanent a 2004 tax provision that temporarily shortens the depreciation period for retail remodeling and other improvements made to stores.
MacKenzie-Childs on the block
MacKenzie-Childs is seeking a new owner. Owner/CEO Pleasant Rowland announced to employees on June 13 that she will begin exploring the ceramics manufacturer/marketer’s
CDW acquired by private equity firm
It pays to be CDW Corp. The computer reseller, which in April reported a 24.5% rise in first-quarter net income, announced on May 30 that it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately $7.3 billion.
Lab Safety Supply buys McFeely’s
Business-to-business multititle mailer Lab Safety Supply keeps adding to its stable. The merchant in June announced it had acquired the assets of McFeely’s Square Drive Screws, a woodworking tools and supplies merchant that logged more than $9 million in sales last year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Hats off to 2007 MCM award winners
After months of suspense, the winners of the annual Multichannel Merchant Awards were announced at the Annual Conference for Catalog & Multichannel Merchants (ACCM) in Boston at a special luncheon ceremony on May 22. Although you’ll have to wait until the September issue of Multichannel Merchant to read profiles of the winners, for now here’s the complete list of the 2007 award recipients.