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Sweet Home Bergdorf Goodman
By: By Jim Tierney
High-end apparel retailer Bergdorf Goodman is delving into decor, launching its first standalone home products catalog....
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Live from DMA: Kenneth Cole's Major Production
By: By Melissa Dowling
Chicago--Did you ever wonder why shoes manufacturer/marketer Kenneth Cole is called Kenneth Cole Productions? In his keynote address at the DMA annual conference, Kenneth Cole himself detailed how he started the company 25 years ago.
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Live from DMA: Greco on Self-Regulation Challenges
By: By Melissa Dowling
Chicago--Direct marketers face a lot of challenges these days, but perhaps the most pressing, according to DMA president/CEO John Greco, is state "do-not-mail" legislation. In his Oct. 15 keyout address at the DMA's annual conference here, Greco noted that if any of the proposed do-not-mail laws pass, "we believe a lot of consumers will sign up, even if the reason don't make sense."
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September Sales Roundup
September sales results were anything but consistent. Some of the publicly traded companies tracked by Multichannel Merchant rebounded from a difficult August ...
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Sears Wish Book Makes a Return
By: By Tim Parry
While it’s not exactly accurate to say the Big Book is back, Sears has created a holiday Wish Book catalog for the first time in 14 years. The more-contemporary looking, slimmed-down version of the title (188-pages vs. the 300-plus pagers of yesteryear) dropped earlier this month. The company would not disclose circulation, but Sears chief marketing officer Richard Gerstein says the Wish Book only mailed to customers.
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Live from the Lenser Summit: Get Rich or Die
By: By Melissa Dowling
San Raphael, CA—If you’re still thinking like a cataloger, “you need to change the way you think,” according to Ken Burke, chairman/founder/chief evangelist of online consultancy Marketlive. ...
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Live from the Lenser Summit: Del Polito on Postal—Worry, Be Happy
By: By Melissa Dowling
San Raphael, CA—First, the bad news: You can expect a postal rate hike by next summer, according to Gene Del Polito, president of the Association for Postal Commerce. The good news? It’s likely that the rate-making process will follow the Postal Reform Bill’s new rules, meaning the increase will be subject to inflationary levels. ...
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Conney Safety Products Sold
By: By Mark Del Franco
Nine years after buying the business, K+K America sold Conney Safety Products to private equity firm Caxton-Iseman Capital for $48 million. GMAC Commercial Finance and BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. provided financing for the transaction announced Oct. 2.
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Sierra Trading Takes New Title Home
By: By Jim Tierney
After testing the category for more than a year, discounted apparel, footwear, and outdoor gear merchant Sierra Trading Post has spun off a home products title....
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Stellar second quarter
By: By Jim Tierney
Nearly all of the business-to-business and computer marketers tracked by Multichannel Merchant turned in superb performances during the second quarter....
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