On the heels of a disappointing fiscal third quarter, Kirkland, WA-based party supplies merchant Celebrate Express has hired New York-based investment bank Cowen and Co. after third parties expressed an interest in buying the company.
The credit crunch is hitting The Talbots hard.
Every day is Earth Day for Guitar Center. The company in the past year has taken a series of initiatives to help protect the environment, including reducing the number of wooden pallets used in its distribution center, as well as eliminating the use of shrink wrap on parcels shipped to its 214 stores.
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The most popular order-taking channel? The Web. But many merchants maintain separate catalog and Internet silos. Click here to find out why Bill Nicolai thinks that
Less than two weeks after MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT reported that Red Envelope was in talks with two potential buyers, the San Francisco-based gifts cataloger has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Fourth-quarter sales slipped 2.8% to $317.6 million for St. Paul, MN-based sporting goods retailer Gander Mountain.
Continued layoffs and more hiring freezes appear to be on the horizon for direct marketers this spring, according to the latest Bernhart Associates Executive Search employment survey.
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