Nonprofit Direct Marketing Firm Barton-Cotton Files for Chapter 7

Daily Record, Feb. 10, 2009 — The future of Barton-Cotton Inc., a Columbia-based direct marketer specializing in the nonprofit industry, remains uncertain after the 80-year-old firm filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Monday.

Barton-Cotton did not provide a detailed breakout of the number of creditors or exact amounts owed in any of the filings. The company filed papers for four entities: Barton-Cotton Holding Corp.; Barton-Cotton Inc.; Barton-Cotton Real Estate Inc.; and Barton-Cotton Sales Corp.