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The Cottura Catalog, 1998/1999 Edition
By: Sherry Chiger
As several of the judges note, the creators of the Cottura catalog clearly love the maiolica ceramics sold within its pages. But enthusiasm alone does...
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The i.merchant 40
By: Sherry Chiger
Many of the companies that make up the i.merchant 40 listing of the top online marketers aren't household names - unless your household consists of electronics...
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The Sharper Image
By: Leslie Goff
When you're selling cutting-edge gadgets like the Emilio Robot, an electronic butler that mixes and serves drinks, your Website should also be cutting...
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THE CATALOG AGE 100
By: Sherry Chiger
Acquisitions and the Web: These two issues have been driving the catalog industry for the past couple of years, so it's no surprise that they're key to...
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THE NEW FINGERHUT
By: Diane Cyr
Right here," says Will Lansing, president of Fingerhut Cos., "we have the look and feel of the new Fingerhut." He's holding up a 1999 Spring Big Book....
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Bloom is off Garden Botanika
By: Shannon Oberndorf
It's not all perfume and roses for Garden Botanika. On April 20, the cosmetics and personal care products cataloger/retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
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The Huh? Syndrome is still with us
By: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Hard to believe. Printed catalogs are up to their eyeballs in competition...from the Web, from newcomers, from revitalized retailers, from discount malls....
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The Consumer catalog shopping survey
By: Laura M. Beaudry
Catalog Age has been doing primary research on the catalog industry for the past 15 years. In fact, we do more research on the catalog business (nine...
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The missing link?
By: CATALOG AGE STAFF
Although most catalogers on the Internet claim to be transactional, several industry professionals believe that more than 90% of Internet marketers do...
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The Seinfeld curse?
By: CATALOG AGE STAFF
As the industry awaits the fate of cataloger/retailer J. Peterman, which narrowly escaped bankruptcy liquidation in March (see story on p. 5), we have...
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The sun sets on the CML Group
By: Shannon Oberndorf
Just four years ago, the CML Group's empire included cataloger/retailers The Nature Co., Smith & Hawken, and NordicTrack. But on Dec. 17, the Acton, MA-based...
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Thehut.com
By: CATALOG AGE STAFF
General merchandise cataloger Fingerhut Cos. has tapped into the college-age market with a new online and print catalog, Thehut.com. The Website launched...
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The third-quarter blues
By: Mark Del Franco
Of the 23 consumer catalogers and cataloger/retailers tracked by Catalog Age, 15-or 65%-reported either a drop in third-quarter income or a net loss for...
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The price is right. . . or is it?
By: Moira Pascale
You need a stapler. So you surf to the Office Depot Website and find that the stapler you want costs $13.49...if you live in Stamford, CT. If you're in...
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The retail rush
By: Paul Miller
What do Macy's, Banana Republic, Toys 'R' Us, Wet Seal, Nine West, Claire's Stores, and Abercrombie & Fitch have in common? They're just a few of the...
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The merits of multis
By: Lynn Dougherty
Net-name arrangements, in which renters don't pay for duplicate names eliminated during the merge/purge process, became popular in the 1980s. But today,...
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The devil made me do it
By: CATALOG AGE STAFF
Before we get too caught up in procrastinating on our holiday shopping, it's time for us to award our favorite Halloween catalog cover. And the lucky...
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The domino effect
By: CATALOG AGE STAFF
Every silver lining has its cloud-or so the tale of spiritual and Christian gifts cataloger APG-Direct suggests. Stable paper prices and healthy sales...
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The devil made me do it
By: CATALOG AGE STAFF
Before we get too caught up in procrastinating on our holiday shopping, it's time for us to award our favorite Halloween catalog cover. And the lucky...
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The more things change...
By: Peter Girard
Ruth Anderson is vice president of Penns Creek, PA-based Walnut Acres Organic Farms, a catalog of whole foods and health-related products. Annual sales,...
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The Web requester database edge
By: CATALOG AGE STAFF
Catalogers, like many other types of businesses today, are flocking to the Web, lured by the relatively low cost of entry for this new distribution channel,...
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Theme Players
By: Ernie Edelstein
After spending countless hours traveling to merchandise shows, meeting with sales reps, and viewing and reviewing products, you finally have the goods...
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The music plays on(line)
By: Shannon Oberndorf
Marketing research firm Jupiter Communications predicts that annual online music sales will reach $1.6 billion by 2002. So it's no wonder that Amazon.com,...
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The Cottura Catalog, 1997/98 Edition
By: Laura M. Beaudry
Each year, The Cottura Catalog seems to get better. This year, judges are wowed right off the bat by the odd shape and the imaginative cover of this Silver...
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