Catalog Holdings, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, has sold its interest in Spiegel Brands Inc. - owner and operator of Spiegel, Newport News, Carabella and AB Lambdin brand names -- to an investor group led by Granite Creek Partners in an undisclosed deal.

Mail preference service Catalog Choice is testing a new frequency option that would allow consumers to choose how many times per year they would like to receive a brand's catalog.

Despite an upheaval in the financial sector that sent tremors throughout the economy last week, the mood at the New England Mail Order Association's fall conference in Burlington, Vermont, was relatively upbeat and even looking ahead, with much of the focus on how to implement sustainability programs.

Green Mountain Coffee's Crites sheds light on continuity clubs.

A hedge fund managed by Larry Nusbaum, the CEO of Ronco, has acquired direct selling brand Popular Club at a foreclosure sale from Direct Marketing Services Inc. (DMSI).

Volvo's VDP effort gets personal; Florida's Natural presses forward with blog; and size does matter for VistaPrint.

Using mailing lists has been at the core of direct marketing for decades. Today, the sector looks to expand.

Charming Shoppe Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its non-core misses apparel catalogs, known as Crosstown Traders, to Orchard Brands, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, for a purchase price of $35 million in cash.

Different verticals benefit from different types of insert media programs, depending on the lifestyles and habits of their target audience. Four experts comment on specific sectors.

For the first time in a decade, catalog/Internet retailers are see­ing a slide in Internet sales as a percentage of total direct sales, according to the Direct Marketing Association's 2008 State of the Cata­log Industry report.