Q&As

Sharper Image Corp. posted total sales of $117.7 million for December, a 22% drop from $150.3 million in the prior year.

Yahoo is rolling out a new contest linked to the newest season of The Apprentice, giving viewers a chance to predict answers to upcoming shows for a chance to win prizes

Brand ambassadors are hitting the streets of New York as part of a new campaign to hype up the talent competition show Grease: You’re the One that I Want.

Kellogg and Hasbro have served up a playful version of Pop-Tarts, with Trivial Pursuit questions printed right on the pastries

Today we meet Nick Sarantakos, executive vice president at LDS Group Inc. His list brokerage clients include BMG Columbia House, Hearst Corp., Primedia, Time Inc., Tribune Co., WNET-13 and several cable TV companies.

Marketers distributed 253 billion coupons via FSIs last year, worth more than $300 billion in discounts to shoppers.

Arcadia Resources, a mail order pharmacy and medical supplies cataloger, has completed of a new round of $10 million financing. The Shemano Group acted as placement agent.

The board of directors of MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. has declared a quarterly dividend of 14 cents per share payable on Jan. 23 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 9.

TattooFinder.com hopes expansion of search engine marketing, a discount program with design studios and viral marketing will help double the size of its business to $2 million this year.

It all started back in 2000, when Stephanie White rediscovered a childhood pastime of making jewelry with beads. This, she thought, might be a good idea for an online business.

She used search engine marketing to grow SW Creations, a burgeoning enterprise that’s getting more than three million hits per month.