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  The Art of Friendship by Roger Horchow & Sally Horchow
Sally and her father, Roger Horchow (a Broadway producer and founder of The Horchow Collection), are the co-authors of THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP: 70 Simple Rules for Making Meaningful Connections, to be published by St. Martin's Press in October 2006.
In 1971, Horchow started The Horchow Collection, the first luxury mail-order catalog that was not preceded by a brick-and-mortar presence.
Horchow is a member of The Hill School Class of 1945.
www.theartoffriendship.com /authors   (618 words)

  
  Roger Horchow: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In 1971, Horchow started, the first luxury mail-order (additional info and facts about mail-order) catalog that was not preceded by a brick-and-mortar presence.
In 2000, Horchow and co-producer Roger Berlind (additional info and facts about Roger Berlind) staged a revival of Cole Porter (United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)) 's Kiss Me, Kate (additional info and facts about Kiss Me, Kate), for which he won his second Tony Award, for Best Musical Revival.
Horchow is the author of two books, Elephants in Your Mailbox: How I Learned the Secrets of Mail-Order Marketing Despite Having Made 25 Horrendous Mistakes (Times Books, 1980), and Living in Style: In A Time When Taste Means More Than Money (Rawson Assoc, 1981).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ro/Roger_Horchow.htm   (208 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - You ordered it from Horchow? That's rich!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The folks at Horchow subscribe to the notion that no matter what shape the economy's in, the well-to-do are only too eager to part with their money, particularly at holiday time.
While Horchow executives cringe at the expression, "fashionably gaudy" is a reasonable way to describe the book that changed — and continues to change — the way catalogers sell to the rich.
Horchow was the first luxury catalog not affiliated with a store to be mailed.
www.usatoday.com /money/bcovmon.htm   (1471 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Horchow's founder wants one last chance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Roger Horchow wants to give it another whirl.
Roger Horchow recently sent an e-mail to the CEO of Neiman Marcus Direct, proposing a catalog —; or, perhaps a Horchow catalog insert — that he'd dub: Roger Horchow Revisits.
And, with the success of the specialty Horchow catalogs that the new owners have added, he suggests they consider adding several other specialty catalogs on antiques, art and — he's serious about this — pets.
www.usatoday.com /money/industries/retail/2002-12-01-horchow-side_x.htm   (367 words)

  
 In the Telegram Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Horchow retraced his rise from a young lieutenant just out of the U.S. Army to the world of retail sales to the creator of the Horchow Collection, an upscale mail order catalog and later to successful producer of Broadway musicals and author.
Horchow attributed much of his success to good eyes and ears and knowing his audience.
Horchow also found himself at the right place at the right time more than once including buying trips to China during the 1970s when China was in the throws of the Cultural Revolution.
www.temple-telegram.com /archives/2003/n0407.htm   (973 words)

  
 Janelle Hail's Breast Cancer Blog | News, Articles & Personal Thoughts
Roger Horchow, mail-order catalog mogul of The Horchow Collection, and his daughter, Sally, have written an enlightening book on relationships.
In The Art of Friendship, Roger tells how he learned the value of developing new relationships from his friend, Dick Bass.
Roger recalled a story Dick told him about striking up a conversation with a pleasant fellow on a plane ride.
www.nationalbreastcancer.org /about-nbcf/janelles-blog   (887 words)

  
 Southern Living: Big Deals In Dallas
The well-known Horchow Collection was developed in 1971 as the first luxury mail-order catalog not preceded by a storefront.
In 1988 founder Roger Horchow joined his business with the direct-to-customer division of The Neiman Marcus Group.
Horchow Finale: 3046 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75205; (214) 750-0308.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3676/is_200506/ai_n13642271   (369 words)

  
 Delia's, Inc. (DLIA) NASDAQ - Corporate Window - Indexed Form 10-K Annual Report
S. Roger Horchow joined the Board of Directors of the Company in October 1996.
He was the founder and chairman of the Horchow Collection, a direct marketer of specialty home and fashion products, from 1971 until 1990.
Horchow has been chairman of Roger Horchow Productions, a theatrical production company, since 1990.
www.corporatewindow.com /fl/dlia/dlia10k99A.html   (2227 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Roger Horchow": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Roger Horchow, who created the Horchow Collection, says in his book Elephants in Your Mail Box that he planned on losing $1...
Roger Horchow is the founder of The Horchow Collection, the first luxury mail-order- only retailer,...
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 Texas Monthly September 2000: Theater • Roger Horchow
If one were to catalog the secrets of Roger Horchow's success, number one would be his ability to divine what American consumers really want, before they even know they want it.
In the seventies and eighties Horchow, a longtime Dallasite, used this near-psychic power to launch the Horchow Collection, an upscale catalog whose tempting frocks and fripperies made it the first luxury mail-order business ever to succeed on its own, without a retail outlet.
In the nineties Horchow did it again, albeit in a whole new field: A lifelong fan of musical comedy, he gambled that others would also enjoy long-neglected classics of the genre.
www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/hot/2000-09-01/feature11.php   (580 words)

  
 Sally Horchow - Press
Idle hands are the devil's workshop must be the motto of Roger Horchow.
He's never content to sit at his Dallas estate counting the millions he made as a catalog merchant or polishing the Tony Awards he won as a Broadway producer.
What Roger does best is maintain his friendships, a network that encircles the globe.
www.sallyhorchow.com /press/dallas_news_2005_10.cfm   (136 words)

  
 Horchow
Roger Horchow,Tony Award-winning producer of a "Kiss Me, Kate" Broadway play and Yale alumnus at Yale's Woolsey Hall.
Horchow, a Yale graduate and recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Letters in 1999, has published two books: "Elephants in Your Mailbox" and "Living in Style." He was V.P.for mail order at Neiman Marcus and founder and CEO of The Horchow Collection.
He is currently Chairman of the Board of scene7.com, a technology company.
www2.ctcentral.com /galleries/photogs/hvizdak/pages/Horchow.htm   (72 words)

  
 Bassinet bedding Office products Horchow luxury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Roger Horchow is credited with pioneering the use of toll-free phone numbers for placing catalog orders.
His distinctive taste and eye for quality dovetailed perfectly with the founding principles of Neiman Marcus, and in 1988, The Horchow Collection became part of what is today Neiman Marcus Direct, the direct-to-customer division of The Neiman Marcus Group.
Today, in addition to the original Horchow Collection catalog, there are highly successful Horchow Home, Horchow Fine Linen, and Horchow Garden publications.
www.excitingads.com /bassinet_bedding.shtml   (822 words)

  
 Playbill Biography: ROGER HORCHOW
ROGER HORCHOW Co-Produced the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Crazy for You and Best Musical Revival Kiss Me, Kate.
Graduated from Yale 1950; served in the Army for three years and then spent the next 35 years in retailing - Foley’s, Neiman Marcus and founded the Horchow Collection in 1971 (sold to Neiman Marcus in 1988).
Wrote Elephants in Your Mailbox (1980), Living in Style (1982) and co-authored The Art of Friendship with daughter Sally in 2006.
www.playbill.com /celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/5244.html   (259 words)

  
 SHOPPING AtoZ.com, STORES, CATALOGS, SHOPPING ONLINE ... Shopping:Home:Dining and Entertaining:Tabletop
Since its founding in 1975, Linens 'n Things, Inc. has evolved from a small chain of traditional home specialty stores to a powerful network of home fashion superstores with more than 14,000 employees.
In 1971, Roger Horchow created a retailing empire without opening a single store.
Committed to offering unique decorative items from around the world, he launched The Horchow Collection, the first luxury mail-order catalog that was not preceded by a brick-and-mortar presence.
www.findatoz.com /directory/shopping_home_dining_and_entertaining_tabletop3.html   (314 words)

  
 Sally Horchow - Hiving
Sally and her father, Roger Horchow (a Broadway producer and founder of
Hiving extends beyond invitations and themes to creating circumstances that foster innovative, impactful and enjoyable group interaction.
Sally and her father, Roger Horchow (a Broadway producer and founder of The Horchow Collection), are currently co-authoring The Art of Friendship, a non-fiction work about making and maintaining better friendships, due out from Quirk Books/Chronicle in December, 2005.
www.sallyhorchow.com /hiving.cfm   (122 words)

  
 Jefferson Awards
Roger Horchow presenting to Jean-Dominique Catchings in 1999
Roger Horchow for his lead gift of $1,000,000 to underwrite the S. Roger Horchow Award for the Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen.
Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation for their $1,000,000 gift to underwrite the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for the Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official and to assist with the President's Student Service Awards.
www.location8.com /ja/about/donors.html   (235 words)

  
 SouthernLiving.com
Have you ever spied a serving platter or colorful rug in a catalog that would be perfect for your home, but was a tad--okay, really--out of your price range?
We found a spot where you can shop for items featured in the upscale Horchow and Neiman Marcus catalogs--at bargain prices.
Register at horchow.com/finale to receive advance notice of sales and special offers.
www.southernliving.com /southern/printerfriendly/0,14260,1064822,00.html   (336 words)

  
 Direct: Hall of Fame: 25 people who changed the catalog business. Who are their successors?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Roger Horchow, The Horchow Collection - While Hugh Hefner was teaching men about bunnies, Roger Horchow was teaching the rest of America how to decorate in style.
A style setter-not unlike Roger Horchow - Chuck was one of the first niche builders.
Bill Williams, Harry & David Harry & David has shown the real meaning of merchandising by taking an absolute commodity (food in boxes) and turning it into a premium, must-have gift item.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3815/is_n8_v10/ai_20805636   (1561 words)

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