Catalog Success recognizes five professionals named to the top honors in the catalog industry.

By Reported Donna Loyle

Honorable Mentions:

• Don Kotula, CEO, Northern Tool & Equipment catalog

• Tom Shipley, president, T.Shipley

CATALOG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Bill Miller, president, Eziba catalog

While retailing veteran Bill Miller didn’t start the Eziba catalog, he is widely credited with turning a brilliant and timely concept—selling imported handicrafts to American consumers via the Internet—into a multichannel operation that now includes print catalogs and retail sales.