Catalog

• Agencies

  Casual Male Retail Buys Part Of Dahle Big And Tall

  Casual Male Retail Group Inc. has acquired seven of the 15 Dahle

• Agencies

  The Sweet Spot

  Some people can never get enough chocolate. But that doesn’t mean they’ll order it from a catalog especially one that arrives too often at certain times

• Agencies

  Abercrombie DM Sales Rise 44% in Quarter

  Abercrombie & Fitch Co. posted net income of $62.1 million for the first quarter, a 3% increase over $60.1 million in the prior year.

• Agencies

  Urban Outfitters’ Income Grows in Quarter

  Urban Outfitters Inc. reported net income of $42.6 million for the first quarter, an increase over $29.4 million last year.

• Agencies

  L.L.Bean Selects GSD&M Idea City as AOR

  L.L.Bean has named GSD&M Idea City as its advertising agency of record.

• Agencies

  Walk on Buy

  If you want people to buy more shoes, get them to walk more. That’s the idea behind a new point-of-sale poster campaign launched last month by Consolidated

• Agencies

  UNDER ATTACK

  If you’re a cataloger there’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Paper costs are up. Postal rate hikes come one after another. Fuel costs are through

• Agencies

  Mothers’ Day Direct Sales Lag Retail

  The majority of consumers shopping for Mother’s Day gifts will head to specialty stores (35.0%), discount stores (25.7%) and department stores (28.8%). Others will shop at specialty clothing stores (6.6%), online (18.3%) and through catalogs (3.4%).

• Agencies

  Talbots To Rely More Heavily on DM in 2008

  The Talbots, Inc. is planning for top-line growth of approximately 3%. Much of this growth will come from increases in direct marketing sales, which are seen as rising in the mid-single digit range.

• Agencies

  Number of Religion, Auto Catalogs Increase In Last Five Years

  The National Directory of Catalogs recorded 12,230 catalogs in its 2008 edition, up from 10,668 in its 2004 volume. The biggest category gainers included religion-focused catalogs, which increased from 205 five years ago to 329, and automotive catalogs, which jumped from 389 catalogs to 593 catalogs.