How a sharpened focus on the market let Terri Alpert carve out new niches for her two catalog businesses, Uno Alla Volta and Cooking Enthusiast

By Mark Del Franco

“I was drawn here by the strategic vision of Terri and Jay to build a business around a portfolio of unique brands,” Topping says. “They already had a solid operating platform with a high level of information availability and analytics. Also, I’ve never seen inventory turns at the levels Uno Alla Volta and Cooking Enthusiast achieve.”