Lillian to get even more personal
It’s no secret that Lillian Vernon takes pride in personalization. After all, the venerable gifts and housewares cataloger was founded 56 years ago around
Cross Channel
A hankering for hard goods
When Golden Gate Capital started its catalog acquisition binge about three years ago, the joke around the office was that very soon the private equity
Golden Boy
Beverly, MA is an unlikely setting for the center of the catalog industry. Thirty miles northeast of Boston, it’s a sleepy town with old New England houses
Home, sweet home merchants
There’s no place like the home market, or multichannel purveyors of furnishings, linens, floor and window coverings, tableware, and kitchen items. The
Sears stores find a fit for Lands’ End
Sears Holdings Corp. has taken a lot of heat during the past five years for the way it’s handled the integration of the Lands’ End apparel catalog brand. But the retailer seems to have found a strategy that works: the store-within-a-store.
HD Supply a discounted done deal
As further proof that the dismal housing market is putting a crimp in the catalog/retail industry, Home Depot in late August finally sold its business-to-business division to three private equity firms
L.L. Bean: Free Shipping For All, Again
L.L. Bean has again thrown down the free holiday shipping gauntlet rather early in the season
Bakers Footwear Not Bailing on Catalog
A recent release detailing cost-cutting initiatives might imply that Bakers Footwear Group plans to pull the plug on its fledgling print catalog.
1Q Sales Slide at Celebrate Express
First-quarter sales at Celebrate Express slipped 12%, to $17.6 million, from $19.9 million, for the period ended Aug. 31.
Christian Books Merchants Make a Deal
Christian Book Distributors, the catalog arm of Christianbook.com, has acquired Christianbooksdirect.com.