Month: December 2008
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FTC Settles With Three Who Allegedly Duped Elderly
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court has entered orders settling charges against three telemarketers who allegedly duped consumers, most of whom were elderly, into buying grossly overpriced household products such as garbage bags and light bulbs.
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Fingerhut Recalls Cookware after Burns Reports
Fingerhut Direct Marketing is recalling some cookware made in China after reports that some customers were burned, it was announced last week.
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CompuCredit Settles With FTC and FDIC
CompuCredit Corp., a credit card issuer specializing in the subprime market, will provide $114 million in redress to settle deceptive marketing charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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Listline e-Newsletter 12/19
Key Marketing Advantage has been appointed to manage this list of 7.3 million online music buyers.
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Agencies
Doritos Xbox Contest Winner’s Game Idea Debuts
Nearly two years after Mike Borland conceived it, the “Doritos Dash of Destruction” debuted this week as an Xbox Live Arcade game.
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Mobile
Mobile the Key to Internet in 2020: Pew Expert Survey
Mobile marketers can hope that 2009 really, really will turn out to be “the year of mobile.” But a published forecast from the Pew Internet& American Life Project skips
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At Dinner, It’s Barack, Not Brad, for the Ladies: Pro Shop Blog
Forty percent of women would choose Barack Obama as their ideal dinner companion.
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Oprah Winfrey Network Names CMO
The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Liz Dolan as its chief marketing officer, effective Jan. 5.
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Sabre Holdings Acquires EB2 International
Sabre Holdings has acquired EB2 International Ltd. a London-based developer of e-commerce systems for airlines.
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FedEx Income Rises, but Cuts Costs in Weak Economy
FedEx Corp. posted net income of $493 million for the second quarter, a 3% increase over $479 million in the prior year.