Chief Marketer Staff

• Loose Cannon: The Postal Service and the Letter of the Law

  Every so often, a corporate lawyer needs to be slapped.

  This was my first reaction when I read about the U.S. Postal Service

• Perils of Catalog Overcirculation Hammered Home to Restoration Hardware

  Third quarter 2004 should have been a very successful period for Restoration Hardware. Its retail revenue rose from $79.9 million a year earlier to $89.7 million, partly on the strength of new stores. Direct-to-consumer sales nearly doubled

• Congress Reinstates Net Tax Ban Until 2007

  Congress Friday reinstated the ban on Internet access taxes

• Ronald Plesser, DM Lawyer, Dies

  Ronald L. Plesser, partner and chair of the Electronic Commerce and Privacy Practice Group

• Survey: 86% of Farmers Favor Online Marketing

  Survey: 86% of Farmers Favor Online

• FTC Settles With Alleged Credit Card Scammer

  The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges with a Colorado-based telemarketing firm

• Henry Schein Acquires Northeast Dental Distributor

  Looking to bolster its presence in the Northeastern U.S.,

• T-Mobile to Open Call Center in Maine

  T-Mobile USA plans begin hiring soon for a customer service center

• List and Database News

  Lists for 11/22/04

• Listline e-Newsletter

  Direct Media Inc. has assumed management of the Ampli Ear hearing aid
  buyers list. The last-12-month count is 17,341. Three-quarters of the
  customers are 60 or older.