Catalog Success recognizes four industry professionals named to the top honors among catalogers.

By Reported Donna Loyle

Leaving the back end to catalog pros frees the DiGiovannis to concentrate on developing new titles, a strategy they see as key to Autom’s future.

“At some point, a company hits the wall with a title,” DiGiovanni says. “It’s rented all the good lists, gleaned its housefile from them, and there’s a point of diminishing return. Either you have to add pages or titles. We’ve felt that in the past 20 years the way to grow the business is to add titles.”