Month: January 2007

• Email

  Wireless E-mail Poised to Soar: Radicati Group

  Wireless e-mail accounts will grow from 12 million in 2006 to 199 million in 2010, representing an annual growth rate of 103% during the next four years, according to the Radicati Group.

• Email

  Pivotal Veracity Calling for Survey Respondents

  Deliverability consultancy Pivotal Veracity is calling for e-mail marketers to take a five-question survey on volume, frequency, open and click rates.

• Listline e-Newsletter 01/09/07

  TMA List Brokerage & Management now handles General Nutrition Center’s
  gold card members list. More than 3.3 million names are available from
  the last 12 months.

• Digital

  Sears Closes on Virtual Home in Second Life

  One of the oldest names in American retailing, Sears, will sprint to the cutting edge of online marketing with a 3-D virtual home d

• Agencies

  Direct Group Takes Over HintonHill

  The direct marketing services agency Direct Group has acquired HintonHill, a direct marketing management and consulting firm. Terms were not disclosed.

• Agencies

  FTC Complaint Hits Debt Consolidation Service

  The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Florida based Express Consolidation Inc. for allegedly violating the FTC Act the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act.

• Agencies

  Acxiom Acquires Equitec to Expand in Retail Sector

  Data services firm Acxiom Corp. has acquired Equitec, a Cleveland-OH based retail merchandising firm. Terms for this transaction have not been disclosed.

• David Abney Promoted to CEO at UPS

  United Parcel Service has announced the promotions of David Abney to CEO and Alan Gershenhorn to president of UPS International.

• Short Cuts

  The Direct Marketing Association has selected ARGI to design, build and manage a revamped direct mail and e-mail marketing database.

• Agencies

  Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

  Spiritual-based offerings marketer Sounds True has sent out a solo mailer touting Delores Ashcroft-Nowicki’s home training course in Western Magick.