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DM Good, But Retail Better, For Tiffany’s Holiday Sales
Tiffany & Co.’s direct marketing sales during the holiday season — Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 — rose a healthy 10%, to $69.7 million, over the same period in 2005. The New York-based jeweler attributed the increase to an uptick in both the number of orders and order value.
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Preliminary Numbers Off For Eddie Bauer’s Fourth Quarter
Eddie Bauer racked up $365 million in net sales, up slightly from $361 million in fourth-quarter 2005. Comparable store sales for the fourth quarter of 2006 increased 4.6% from the fourth quarter of 2005, while sales from the Redmond, WA-based company’s direct channel, which includes sales from its catalogs and Web sites, were up 0.1%.
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Short Cuts
Texas Pacific Group, a private investment firm, will offer 7.5 million shares of apparel marketer J. Crew’s common stock.
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Universal Screen Arts Acquires Bas Bleu
Universal Screen Arts Inc. has acquired Bas Bleu Inc, for an undisclosed sum.
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Quebecor Shutters Plant, Axes 155 Employees
Quebecor World Inc. is shutting its catalog and magazine printing plant in Beauceville, Quebec, laying off 155 employees, according to wire service reports.
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Fedex Kinko’s Debuts Direct Mail and Print Services
FedEx Kinko’s has unveiled two new offerings: direct mail services and print online.
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Direct Group Takes Over HintonHill
The direct marketing services agency Direct Group has acquired HintonHill, a direct marketing management and consulting firm. Terms were not disclosed.
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FTC Complaint Hits Debt Consolidation Service
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Florida based Express Consolidation Inc. for allegedly violating the FTC Act the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act.
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Acxiom Acquires Equitec to Expand in Retail Sector
Data services firm Acxiom Corp. has acquired Equitec, a Cleveland-OH based retail merchandising firm. Terms for this transaction have not been disclosed.
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Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail
Spiritual-based offerings marketer Sounds True has sent out a solo mailer touting Delores Ashcroft-Nowicki’s home training course in Western Magick.