PACKAGE DELIVERY: Carriers ace the holidays
Even with the influx of packages shipped by Web-only merchants, most catalogers contacted by Catalog Age gave high marks to parcel carriers during the
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PAPER PRICE INCREASES: …and paper’s up
Prices hikes, even shortages aheadReady to pay up to 33% more for your paper? After the October 1999 increase of $60/ton for coated groundwood, industry
PAPER, BRICKS & CLICKS: 10 STEPS TO CHANNEL INTEGRATION
The never-ending hype about e-commerce over the past few years has sent many catalogers and retailers speeding to produce flashy, attention-getting Websites.
PARCEL DELIVERY: Donnelley Logistics buys CTC
Deal creates a more formidable competitor to United Parcel ServiceWith its Feb. 2 acquisition of CTC Direct Distribution, catalog printer R.R. Donnelley
PARCEL DELIVERY: Ho-hum, another UPS rate hike
From a public relations perspective, United Parcel Service got lucky this year. Less than two weeks after announcing on Dec. 29 that in February it would
Patagonia, Winter 1998
When a marketer has won as many Annual Catalog Awards as Patagonia has over the past decade, it’s hard to come up with original words to describe this
Peanuts Shopper’s Selection, 1998 Spring-Summer
From bookends to pajamas to the obligatory T-shirts and baseball caps, the characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip appear on hundreds of items in Japanese
PARCEL DELIVERY: Know your consolidator
Implemented in January, the U.S. Postal Service’s worksharing discounts for parcels drop-shipped into the nation’s 33,000 local post offices – destination
Paragon parent buys Popcorn Factory
Wand Partners, a private equity investment firm, on July 6 acquired Foster & Gallagher’s The Popcorn Factory for an undisclosed amount. Lake Forest, IL-based
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