Sales Jump for J. Crew

| MCM staff

Apparel cataloger/retailer J. Crew had plenty of good news to report from its first quarter ended May 3. The New York-based company

Deal making stumbles

| Jim Tierney

You might think that the grim economy would prompt a flurry of mergers and acquisitions. But not so, or perhaps more accurately, not yet. The level of

Red Envelope finds a buyer maybe

| MCM staff

It looks like gifts cataloger Red Envelope, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 17, will be sold to Creative Catalogs Corp. The

Spice Up Copy with Specifics

| Evan Elliot

You’re walking down the street, minding your own business, and all of a sudden you see a car swerve off the road and hit a small dog. Before you can even

Three tips for tight times

| Steve Trollinger

You don’t need another article telling you how bad the economy is right now and what that means for your business. We all know that postal and paper prices

Oriental Trading’s new chief

| Jim Tierney

What does a guy whose strengths are high-tech product lines, Website savvy and international marketing know about running a low-end gifts and novelties