Chief Marketer Staff

• Amazon.com Income Surges in Quarter

  Amazon.com, Inc. reported net income of $347 million for the fourth quarter, up from $73 million last year. The online retailer reported net sales of $2.54 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up 31% from $1.95 billion last year. The Seattle company …

• Identity Theft Tops 2004 FTC Complaint Roster

  Identity theft topped the list of consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission in 2004, accounting for 39% of the 635,173 consumer fraud complaints filed with the agency last year. The other top complaint categories of consumer fraud for 2004 …

• Prisoners May Receive Junk Mail, Court Rules

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• Targetbase Names Wright Executive VP

  Targetbase has named Mark Wright executive vice president, client relationships. Most recently, he was president of the direct and interactive division of Canadian agency MacLaren McCann. Before that, he was president of McCann Relationship Marketing …

• Roska Named 2004 Emerson Award Recipient

  Jon Roska, CEO and chief creative officer of Roska Direct, will receive the Andi Emerson Award on Feb. 24. The Emerson Award was named for the founder of the John Caples International Awards and was created by the Direct Marketing Creative Guild. It is …

• New Products and Services

  MindBase: The latest release of this attitudinal database tool now features eight consumer segments, each differentiated by its level of marketing receptivity and channel orientation. — Yankelovich Partners, Chapel Hill, NC CRM software for SMEs: …

• List and Database News

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• Listline e-Newsletter

  Gardens Alive Inc. has transferred management of its Gurney’s, Henry
  Field’s and Michigan Bulb gardening catalog lists to Names and Addresses
  Inc. A special $75/M rate for publishers, fundraisers, and insurance and
  credit card marketers has been introduced that was not previously
  available.

• Sharper Image Adds Another Channel—a TV Channel

  The Web, 149 stores, and 85 million catalogs annually aren’t enough for San Francisco-based high-tech gifts marketer Sharper Image Corp. On Feb. 2 the company launched its own interactive shopping television channel, Sharper Image ITV.

• Agencies

  Admanco Acquired by Ebsco, Bumby Stays on Board

  Ebsco, the parent of Vitronic/Four Seasons, a promotional product supplier has purchased beleaguered cloth promotional products supplier Admanco, Inc. Admanco had been seeking a buyer since it announced early last month that it was in receivership and …