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An impending strike against Royal Mail, the U.K.’s postal service would drastically hurt business in the country, the U.K. Direct Marketing Association said Thursday.

Abercrombie & Fitch posted net sales of $248.2 million for the five-week period ended Oct. 3, a 10% decrease from $275.4 million in the prior year.

Today we meet Paul Kolars, a partner, along with along with Linda Klemstein and Keely Vazquez in St. Paul, MN-based Trimax Direct. Trimax has been in business since 2000.

Michael Ippolito has joined Utrecht Art Supplies as its CEO.

Multichannel retailer HSN Inc. has named Mark Ethier CEO of HSNi's Cornerstone business segment.

The September 2009 catalog from Talbots features a quote from Katharine Hepburn on the cover, and three new fits on the inside. Outdoor Life magazine offers a

Mailer groups doubt that last week’s decision to give the U.S. Postal Service $4 billion worth of temporary fiscal relief was enough to solve its massive financial problems. They also fear Congress may be compelled to take up postal reform again despite the 11 years it took to pass the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act…

Third quarter merger, acquisition and investment activity in the marketing, information and digital media industries declined 1% in number of transactions compared to last year but total transaction value surged 200%, according to investment bank Petsky Prunier.

Pitney Bowes has named Lori Ann Cerullo vice president of U.S. sales for its document messaging technologies unit.

Thanks to new U.S. Postal Service modifications last month, the tall-skinny catalogs affectionately known as slim-jims may soon be scarce