PC Mall's Fortunes Up, Future Expectations Bright
PC Mall generated $263 million during its second quarter, up from $234.1 million in second quarter 2006. The company's net income rose from $395,000 to $3 million during the same period. The quarter ended June 30. ...
Claiborne Chief to Head Talbots
The Talbots Inc. has appointed Liz Claiborne Inc. president Trudy Sullivan as the new chief executive officer for the company, which owns the Talbots and J.Jill apparel brands. ...
AeroGrow Mails Over 50,000 Copies of Debut Print Catalog
AeroGrow International Inc., an online agricultural marketer, has unveiled its first print catalog and mailed more than 50,000 copies to its house file. ...
Charming Shoppes Blames Losses on Bad Weather
Charming Shoppes Inc. posted net income of $26.3 million for the first quarter, a decrease from net income of $32.1 million in the prior year. ...
Staples Acquires American Identity
Staples Inc. has acquired American Identity Inc., a promotional products company, for an undisclosed sum. ...
Live from ACCM: The Importance of Being Bean
After his keynote in Boston at ACCM on Tuesday, an audience member asked Leon Gorman, L.L. Bean's chairman and former president, what his late grandfather would have thought of the mega business his namesake company had become. ...
Sharper Image Q1 Slides in Stores, Catalog, Web Sales
First-quarter sales at San Francisco-based specialty retailer The Sharper Image fell off 37% to $65.5 million from $104 million in the same quarter last year....
Urban Outfitters DM Sales Rise 30%
Urban Outfitters Inc. posted net income of $29.4 million for the first quarter, a 45% increase over net income of $20.3 million in the prior-year....
Look Before You Leap
Direct talked with catalog consultant Katie Muldoon to get her thoughts on the challenges small catalogers face in today's market....
What Is It?
Is a catalog a marketing channel or a marketing vehicle? And what does that mean, anyway?...
Small World
What does it take for a small cataloger to stand up to the likes of Pottery Barn Kids, Harry & David or Barnes & Noble? Start-up capital, guts, and a...
Number of Automotive Catalogs More Than Doubles in Five Years
The automotive products category is the fastest growing in the catalog industry, according to the latest National Directory of Catalogs, published by Oxbridge Communications. Over the last five years the number of automotive catalogs has increased from 261 to 553, representing a 118% increase. ...
Brookstone Narrows Losses
Brookstone Inc. posted a net loss of $11.2 million for the first quarter, compared to a net loss of $11.3 million in the prior-year period. ...
Wisconsin Cheeseman Sold to Investors
The Wisconsin Cheeseman catalog has been sold by the Cremer family to an eight-member group of investors led by a Milwaukee native with 26 years of experience in the food industry, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. ...
Orvis Appoints McCready President
The Orvis Co. has named Ray McCready president. He moves up from vice president of merchandising and retail, a post he has held for the past five years....
Coldwater Creek Names Griesemer President/COO
Coldwater Creek has appointed Daniel Griesemer president and chief operating officer. ...
Live From NEMOA: Knowing It All is a KooKoo Idea
If you're a small cataloger, knowing everything about your business -- including the little stuff like how to pick, pack and ship things from the warehouse to how to post photos on your Web site -- is essential to running your business. ...
Eddie Bauer Posts Income of More Than $63 Million
Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. posted net income of $63.2 million for the fourth quarter, compared to a net loss of $12.8 million in the prior-year period...
Cornerstone Brands Names Al-Fayez CEO
Cornerstone Brands has named Roxane Al-Fayez chief executive officer. She will be responsible for overseeing its catalogs, which include Ballard Designs, Frontgate and Garnet Hill. ...
Talbots Income Plummets in Quarter
Dogged by heavy markdowns in its J. Jill and core operations, the Talbots Inc. posted net income of $31.6 million for the fourth quarter, a sharp drop from $93.2 million in the prior-year period...
Get to Know NEMOA
The New England Direct Marketing Association “NEMOA is the best place to learn what's going on in the industry,” says Janie Downey, the group's newly appointed executive director....
Brookstone Posts Income, Sales Gains
Brookstone Inc. posted net income of $34.1 million for the fourth quarter, an increase over net income of $23.5 million in the prior-year period....
Delia's Names Feldman CFO
Delia's has named Stephen Feldman as chief financial officer. ...
Live from Catalog on the Road: Many Factors Influenced Holiday 2006
Attention catalogers: holiday 2006 was bumpy, and 2007 might not be smooth either. ...
Movies Unlimited Cobrands Catalog with Cable Network
(Multichannel Merchant) DVD and video merchant Movies Unlimited and cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) have teamed up for a cobranded catalog. The 832-page catalog sells a broad range of discs, including classics from the '30s, '40s, and '50s, rare B westerns, Japanese animation, and television shows. ...
