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Muddy Puddles sold to TP Toys
TP Toys, a manufacturer/marketer of trampolines and other outdoor toys, acquired Muddy Puddles, a cataloguer of outerwear for children. Muddy Puddles will maintain its operations from Kingsbridge, Devon.
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Cdiscount in admininstration
Cdiscount has fallen into administration The discount etailer, which sells in Ireland and the UK, was launched two years ago by French discounter Cdiscount SA, which owns 50 percent of the company. Cdiscount has debts of €8.2 million (£7.4 million).
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Otto Group acquires Quelle Russia
Otto Group is adding to its Russian holdings with the acquisition of Quelle Russia from insolvent German cataloguer/retailer Arcandor. Otto is also purchasing the rights to the Quelle brand and related brands for Germany and other Central and Eastern European countries. The parent company of Freemans Grattan Holdings, Otto has been in the Russian market since 1990.
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Aurum renegotiates debt
Aurum Holdings, the parent company of jewellery merchants Mappin & Webb, Watches of Switzerland, and Goldsmiths, is preparing to convert a portion of its debt into equity, in order to cut its borrowings from £97 million to approximately £55 million.
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October direct sales up 18 percent
Like-for-like October retail sales were up 3.8 percent from last year, according to the British Retail Consortium-KPMG Sales Monitor for the month. Nonfood nonstore sales rose 18 percent from the previous October.
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Marshalls signs with Sanderson
SE Marshall & Co, the parent company of Marshalls Seeds, will be installing the Elucid multichannel commerce system from Sanderson. The contract was signed at last month’s ECMOD Exhibition.
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ECMOD2010 and Catalogue Exchange 2009/2010 events
ECMOD2010 will take place on 6th and 7th October at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre and the annual ECMOD Awards on April 14th at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, see www.ecmod360.co.uk for details. Meanwhile, there are just a few places left at the Catalogue Exchange's exclusive international trading event which takes place in Devon on Thursday 19th November. The International Market Forum is being held at IDS' Newton Abbot premises. Training days have also been announced in Bristol and Leeds on 28th January and 10th March respectively. The Catalogue Exchange will be holding its annual Detox/Trading update on February 4th at Twickenham Rugby Club. For more details and to see the full calendar of events, visit www.catalogueexchange.co.uk.
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The October catalogue log
Despite the postal strikes, the Catalogue e-business team received 184 catalogues in October. Not only was our mailbox filled with catalogues, but the catalogues were filled with promotions. For a closer look at who offered what, visit catalog-biz.com.
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Before you get social, get your product data in shape
Companies are wising up to the benefits of establishing Facebook groups, posting video content on YouTube, and courting bloggers. But although social media can be a boon to business, you should be aware of the dangers of providing so much product information over so many channels. If keeping data consistent among your catalogue, online, and bricks-and-mortar channels causes problems, how do you even begin to deal with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube as well? For advice on maintaining consistent data across channels, click here.
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Coming up in Catalogue e-business magazine
- December: We will produce a digital-only edition of Catalogue e-business featuring the best of Catalogue e-business in 2009. Ad deadline: 23rd November.
- January issue: Annual business health check - what you need to know and do to ensure your company is ready to make the most of 2010.
To advertise, contact the Catalogue e-business sales team on 01271 866112 or at sales@catalog-biz.com. To subscribe, contact Jill Sweet on 01271 866221 or at subs@catalog-biz.com. |
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