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  • The Road to Wellville

    How patent medicine kings like H.H. Warner developed the art of direct mail

  • Hot Creatives

    Creative directors are known for being forward thinking, and those Direct assembled in New York last month for our annual agency roundtable were no exception.

  • Letters to the Editor

    WHY BEN? WHY NOT! There are definitely several living direct marketers who belong in the Direct Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame and who are not — and it’s a real problem that merits discussion. But what possible objection can anyone have to …

  • Book Excerpt: Power Shift

    Putting consumers in control gives them a sense of empowerment

  • Taking the Reins

    A day shy of his one-month anniversary on the job, Direct sat down with new Direct Marketing Association president and CEO John A. Greco Jr. to talk about his thoughts on direct marketing and the future of the association.

  • ECHOES OF THE PAST

    Everyone needs to spruce up a bit when they get to a certain age, and the Direct Marketing Association’s International Echo Awards are no exception.

  • Curmudgeon-at-Large: Get Out of My Sandbox

    Yeah, it’s inevitable. We buy a nice sandbox, fill it with nice sand, and are having a nice time playing in it. Then in come a bunch of yahoos who insist on playing in our sandbox. They get it full of mud, their raucous deportment destroys the placid …

  • A Federal Issue

    What’s working in B-to-G direct…and why

  • Healthcare DM Prognosis Looks Good

    Brand building, retention are major goals in pharmaceuticals