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Non-Profits Hurt By BlueSky Brands / AB&C Group Closing


“The products in the National Wildlife Catalog are being sold by National Wildlife Direct, a subsidiary of BlueSky Brands, Inc. National Wildlife Federation has licensed its name and logo to BlueSky Brands and receives a 5% royalty fee for the sale of each catalog item. National Wildlife Direct contributes a minimum of $1 million […]

BlueSky Brands / AB&C Group Closes Their Doors


Last week was a tense one for several of our clients, and for our folks here, as we worked to move two of BlueSky’s fulfillment clients to new facilities before BlueSky Brands / AB&C Group this past Friday. We were successful before the doors were shuttered Friday evening. (For more info see Multichannel Merchant Magazine’s […]

Communications from ACMA Members to USPS Officials


The results of the postal increases in 2007 and 2008 have been devastating for all catalogers. At our recent Executive Forum we talked about how important it is to make the results known to the Postal Commission. They just don’t seem to understand what they did to our industry. Hamilton Davison, Executive Director, American […]

USPS’ Ripple Affect Is Felt Beyond Actual Postage Cost


The postal increase has severely hurt profitability, that’s for sure. But you know another thing that has an even larger, longer term repercussion? Think of the thousands of jobs that are at risk throughout the direct industry. All the thousands of merchandise and catalog suppliers as well as many companies right size […]

Forerunner Systems Inc. announces general release of IFSO 4.0


Press Release sent to us from IFSO
San Francisco, CA, March 4, 2008: Forerunner Systems Inc. announced the general release of IFSO 4.0. IF/SO® - The Inventory Forecaster, provides inventory forecasting and stock optimization solutions to the direct commerce industry, helping catalog and e-commerce companies improve customer fulfillment, reduce backorders and optimize the liquidation […]

Bringing Order to Order Management


So many changes continually take place with regards to order management systems that it is difficult to keep up with them unless you’re doing it full time. So many choices: Sigma Micro announcing plans for Software as a Service and acquiring 3rd party fulfillment provider Stark Bros.; Avexxis offering an “off the shelf” version that […]