Sur La Table to be acquired; some stores will stay open (chainstoreage.com)

Tiny Prints, the leader in premium personalized stationery, is proud to share a new home with Shutterfly, its sister brand since 2011. At www.shutterfly.com/tinyprints, customers can enjoy the luxe stationery designs they have come to count on from Tiny Prints, plus seamless access to Shutterfly's free unlimited photo storage and their wide range of photo books, personalized gifts, home décor collections, all with the convenience of a single login. With a renewed emphasis on exceptional designs, today also marks the debut of Tiny Prints Limited Edition Collection, a curated selection of designs by celebrated artists, available for a limited time only. The debut collection features beautiful personal stationery from Tobias Tovera, Stina Persson and Justina Blakeney. • Tobias Tovera is an American visual artist recognized for his work in painting and the sensory surrounds of his multi-media installations. A San Francisco Bay Area local, his paintings explore color and movement, making it the perfect backdrop for luxe foil lettering. • Stina Persson is a Swedish artist, who strives to balance the bold with the delicate, creating a dynamic aesthetic that translates beautifully on paper. She has spent much of her adult life abroad and draws her inspiration from people and faces around her. • Justina Blakeney is a designer, artist and author of the New York Times best-selling book The New Bohemians. Her signature designs are seeded with botanicals and bright colors and add a fun, wild and boho vibe to everyday stationery. Click Read More below for additional detail.

ModusLink Global Solutions™, Inc. and Steel Partners Holdings announced that ModusLink has completed the acquisition of privately-held IWCO Direct, a leading provider of data-driven direct marketing solutions, for $476 million in cash. Warren Lichtenstein, Executive Chairman of ModusLink, said, “We have been looking to acquire a profitable business with attractive operations and financials, and with a strong management team in order to leverage our approximately $2.1 billion in net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs) and cash. We found a great fit in IWCO Direct. We essentially double the size of our Company and add significant earnings and free cash flow. We add a market leader with industry-leading solutions, a client base consisting of Fortune 500 companies, and significant opportunities to drive both top- and bottom-line results. We intend to aggressively grow IWCO Direct, organically and through acquisitions, and will look to leverage Steel Partners’ vast relationships and resources to drive operational excellence and enhance stakeholder value.” Click Read More below for additional information.

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $15.21 billion for the retail month of July, the four weeks ended August 1, 2021, an increase of 16.6 percent from $13.04 billion last year. For the forty-eight weeks ended August 1, 2021, the Company reported net sales of $176.30 billion, an increase of 17.8 percent from $149.66 billion last year.