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  • Fashionable Fixtures

    It’s no secret that the lifestyle trend in retail has been successful. The Lifestyle Center as a retail format has transformed the American shopping experience.

  • Political Suppression

    Shaun Dakin wants to give politicians a taste of their own medicine. Dakin, a database marketer, was once a volunteer political telemarketer. In 2006

  • Do You Do It?

    A Bill Me Later/Ipsos Insight survey found that more than 12 million Americans admitted to shopping online while on work-related conference calls.

  • Justly Enriched

    Thinking of starting a promotional campaign? Save your money until you know your staff is behind you. That seems to be the view, at least in part, of

  • Listline

    NEW LISTS Meritline Technology Buyers Media supply company Meritline has a list of 317,786 customers from the last 12 months. A typical sale was $72 for

  • Forever Finicky

    9lives has resurrected Morris the Cat to be its mascot. Why not? Nothing else was working, as our story on page 10 explains. The new cat is actually the

  • Oops, She Did It Again

    Back in the day when Britney Spears didn’t wear wigs, the then-fresh young talent and face was apparently a hot property for product endorsements. Rewind

  • Radio Lives

    In 1951, radio promotions pioneer Todd Storz caused legendary traffic jams in Omaha, Neb., when his local station KOWH gave clues to listeners where they

  • Get to Know HVDMA

    WHAT Hudson Valley Direct Marketing Association MEMBERSHIP 51 corporate members (including agencies, lettershops and mailing list vendors)and 29 individual

  • Letters to the Editor

    I had an experience similar to the one Beth Negus Viveiros described in her column (Pushing the Envelope, September).