Court Calls for Seizure of AB&C Funds, Property
In the wake of a class action suit filed March 25 on behalf of workers laid off from AB&C Group
Cross Channel
Sourcing from China: You get what you pay for
The steady stream of product recalls from manufacturers in China late last year caused panic at many U.S. companies. Quality and sourcing managers, along
Brand Transformation
In some ways, brands are just like people. They get stuck. They have habits that are hard to break. They don’t always see their blind spots, and they
Good-bye, BlueSky
BlueSky Brands is history. The North Kingstown, RI-based parent company of the Paragon Gifts, Bits and Pieces, Bits and Pieces U.K., National Wildlife Direct, and Winterthur catalogs, which also owns McLean, VA-based third-party fulfillment provider AB&C Group, shut down on March 14.
A surprising lift in January
Consumers may be buying less in the tight economy, but you can’t say catalogers weren’t trying. Catalog Tracker received 353 catalogs in January, up 11% from the 317 delivered to its mailbox in the same month of 2007.
BlueSky’s bad deal
The news that multititle catalog mailer/fulfillment house BlueSky Brands had abruptly shut down last month no doubt came as a shock to many people. Even
SAYINGS FOR SELLERS
As an investment banker for middle market companies, my job is to do three things: sell businesses for owners who wish to exit or have a liquidity event
Movers & shakers
Healthcare products and services provider Henry Schein has promoted Mark Mastroianni to director of marketing communications and programs in the company’s
A mixed quarter for b-to-b
Among the publicly traded business-to-business merchants tracked by Multichannel Merchant, 2007 ended with some winners and some losers. Year-over-year
Digging in to Michigan Bulb
Ah springtime, when a young man’s thoughts turn to gardening or something like that. And when you think gardening, venerable seed and plant catalogers