Acquisition Boosts First Quarter DM Sales for Guitar Center 

Guitar Center Inc., parent company of the Musician's Friend catalog, reported yesterday that first quarter direct response sales increased 18.4% to $116.4 million, due largely to its Feb. 9 acquisition of the DM business and assets of Woodwind & Basswind, including associated Web sites. ...

Advo Acquisition Boosts Valassis' Fortunes 

Valassis generated $361.3 million in first quarter revenue, a significant boost from the $247.6 million it realized a year ago. But $112.1 million of that came from its March 2 acquisition of shared-mail distributor Advo....

IAC Net Income Declines 

IAC posted net income $102.1 million for the first quarter, a 2.7% decline from net income of $104.9 million in the prior year. ...

Acquisition Aids ValueClick Income Gains 

ValueClick reported net income of $18.6 million for the first quarter, nearly doubling net income of $9.8 million last year....

MO Growth Helps Medco Surge in Quarter 

Medco Health Solutions Inc. posted net income of $274.8 million for the first quarter, up 89.9% over $44.8 million in the prior year. ...

Dolphin Again Urges Rejection of InfoUSA Board Members 

Dolphin Limited Partnership is once again urging shareholders to withhold their votes from infoUSA board members who are seeking re-election....

M & F Worldwide Buys John H. Harland 

M & F Worldwide, a holding company, has acquired John H. Harland Co. for $1.7 billion. The transaction was a stock purchase, with each share valued at $52.75. ...

CDC Corp Acquires Australian Information Security Firm 

CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corp., has acquired a majority interest in Vectra Corp., an information security consulting services firm based in Sydney, Australia....

Income, Revenue Up for PC Mall 

PC Mall Inc. generated first-quarter income of $1.9 million, a turnaround from the $55,000 loss it took in first-quarter 2006. ...

Blair Becomes a Subsidiary of Appleseed's 

Appleseed's Topco Inc. has completed its acquisition of Blair Corp. and turned it into a subsidiary. Blair will continue to operate from its headquarters in Warren, PA. ...

Microsoft Ad Revenue Up 23% in Q3 

Microsoft said online ad revenue during its just-ended third quarter was up 23% over the same period in 2006. ...

Office Depot Earnings, Revenue Climb 

Office Depot posted net earnings of $156 million for the first quarter, an increase over net income of $130 million in the prior year. ...

1-800-Flowers.com Income Surges 

1-800-Flowers.com Inc. reported net income of $1.1 million for the third quarter, compared with a net loss of $1.5 million last year. ...

Blair to Merge with Appleseed's Topco 

Blair Corp.'s shareholders have approved a merger with Appleseed's Topco, a portfolio company managed by Golden Gate Capital....

Alliance Data Income Flat in Quarter 

Alliance Data Systems Corp. posted net income of $56.9 million for the first quarter, a 1% gain over net income of $56.4 million in the prior-year. ...

Netflix Income Surges in Quarter 

Netflix Inc. posted net income of $9.9 million for the first quarter, more than doubling its net income of $4.4 million in the prior-year period. ...

WPP Acquires Huge Stake in Clemmow Hornby Inge 

WPP has acquired a 49.9% stake in Clemmow Hornby Inge, parent company of Hall Moore CHI, a direct and digital marketing agency, according to wire service reports....

Blair Corp. Losses Widen 

Blair Corp. reported a net loss of $5.1 million for the first quarter,compared to a net loss of $4.8 million last year. ...

Traffix Reports $18 Million in First Quarter Revenues 

Traffix Inc. has reported $18 million in net revenues generated from interactive media services for the first quarter ending Feb. 28, reflecting a $1 million increase compared to the first quarter of 2006....

Sharper Image DM Sales Plummet 71% in March 

Sharper Image Corp. posted sales of $22.1 million for March, a 45% decline from sales of $40 million in the prior year. ...

Peoples Educational Holdings Narrows Losses 

Peoples Educational Holdings Inc posted a net loss of $1 million for the third quarter, compared to a net loss of $3.7 million in the prior-year. ...

Interpublic to Acquire Reprise Media 

Interpublic will acquire Reprise Media Inc., a search engine marketing firm, for an undisclosed sum. ...

Tessi to Acquire, DM Firms From Cegedim 

Tessi has signed a memorandum of understanding with Cegedim to acquire seven of its direct and database marketing services companies. ...

Fredericks Of Hollywood Acquisition Leads to Changes in Movie Star Board 

Movie Star, Inc. has picked Peter Cole, currently one of the Company's directors, to serve as the lead member of the company's board of directors....

Universal Guardian Projects $8 Million in Sales for StunLight 

Based on current response data, Universal Guardian Holdings Inc. has projected it will generate more than $8 million in revenues for the 2007 fiscal year from its StunLight infomercial and commercial sales. ...

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