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  • Full Disclosure

    The U.S. Postal Service has a problem: It needs to improve customer relations. But that’s a tall order given the uncertainty of postal reform legislation passage, the new rate case and the promise of large annual increases because of the escrow account issue.

  • Best Practices at Best Buy

    Best Buy, frustrated with the speed at which its loyalty program was growing, decided on an overhaul 18 months ago. It was a good move. Since then, enrollment

  • TIMELINE

    June 16, 2006 HORMEL FOODS CORP., the maker of Spam, agreed to a lawsuit settlement that would allow NetBop Technologies, a small Welsh technology firm,

  • Farewell to InMarketing

    We suppose we should be doing victory laps. The Direct Marketing Association is pulling the plug on InMarketing, its excuse for a monthly magazine. Here’s

  • Weird But True

    Here’s the clue: Every day in this town, a hanged man proclaims his innocence in the only way a dead man can. Since 1877, his handprint on his cell wall

  • Motivational therapy

    Whenever you invite someone to discuss their whether it’s at the water cooler, around the dinner table or in a open-ended survey question, you have to

  • Hired Fans

    As it prepared to debut its new video service last winter, Cingular Wireless had a challenge: explaining and demonstrating the everyday relevance of Cingular

  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    The Home Marketplace Welcomes Summer As summer gets into full swing and Americans take their celebrations outdoors to enjoy the warm weather, the latest catalog from The Home Marketplace arms shoppers with handy products for backyard gatherings. …