Financial Reports: Williams-Sonoma, Coldwater Creek

| MCM staff

Williams-Sonoma Earnings Down 21% Although first-quarter revenue rose nearly 3% at San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma, net earnings fell 21%. For the 13 weeks ended April 29, the home decor and kitchenware merchant netted $18.2 million on sales of …

Co-op Databases Step Up Modeling

| Jim Coogan

The co-operative databases have sharpened up their modeling with a new generation of models for catalogers. New modeling initiatives from the co-ops are capable of producing better response and bigger list universes for catalogers.

Sun Capital Swings for Edwin Watts

| MCM staff

With an eye toward building a greater presence in the golf market, an affiliate company of private equity firm Sun Capital Partners acquired Edwin Watts Golf Shops on May 25.