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Swabey invests in white-label wine business


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 07/09/2009 | Category: News

First Resources, whose chairman is Nigel Swabey, chief executive of multititle mailer Scotts & Co, has invested a “significant six-figure sum” in wine distributor Intervino
   
   

Findel raises equity and announces cost-cutting plans


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 07/09/2009 | Category: News

Findel, whose brands include the Studio and Ace credit-based mail order catalogues, websites IWantOneofThose.com and Kitbag.com, and educational supplies cataloguers Hope Education and GLS, last month raised £81 million by way of a rights issue.
   
   

Movers and shakers--September 2009


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 07/09/2009 | Category: News

David Inglis has left Shop Direct, where he was group trading director.
   
   

Nauticalia and Beken partner for calendar distribution


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 07/09/2009 | Category: News

Nauticalia, a cataloguer/retailer of maritime-inspired gifts, has taken over the production, manufacturing, and marketing of the Beken of Cowes calendar range.
   
   

All change at Adili


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 07/09/2009 | Category: News

Ethical-fashion etailer Adili has changed its name to Ascension,
   
   

Is a Royal Mail VAT refund in your future


by Sherry Chiger and Miri Thomas | Publication date: 07/09/2009 | Category: News

If you’ve negotiated Tailor Made Incentives (TMIs), volume discounts, or any other sort of personalised contract with Royal Mail, you might be owed reimbursement of the VAT percentage of the sums you paid the postal carrier.
   
   

Barloworld adds another channel


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 03/08/2009 | Category: News

Warehouse handling equipment and lift trucks distributor Barloworld has launched what it calls “an online industrial equipment superstore”.
   
   

IDS founder wins First Women Award


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 03/08/2009 | Category: News

Anne Walker, the managing director of dancewear catalogue International Dance Supplies, has won the Retail and Consumer category in the First Women Awards.
   
   

Movers and shakers--August 2009


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 03/08/2009 | Category: News

   
   

Catalogue Exchange and Abacus reach co-op agreement


by Catalogue e-business | Publication date: 03/08/2009 | Category: News

Following talks with trade organisation Catalogue Exchange, transactional database specialist Abacus agreed to cancel its proposed expansion of the Abacus Home Shopping Alliance to include charities.