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  • InfoUSA’s Sales Genie Reappears

    InfoUSA has relaunched its Sales Genie system as an online subscription-based sales lead tool.

  • Bear In MInd

    Travelodge hotel chain mascot Sleepy Bear wants guests to Recreate. Hibernate and be literate. It’s sponsorship of the National Guard car running on the

  • Changing Channels

    Branded entertainment may be the hottest trend in TV since the introduction of the remote. But a warning to couch potatoes—these promotions will get you out of your seat and into the stores!

  • ERA, NARC Team to Fight DR Scam Artists

    The Electronic Retailing Association and the National Advertising Review Council have launched a Web site where consumers can file complaints about infomercials and other direct response advertising.

  • SLOWLY but Surely

    Insert media programs are growing, but not as quickly as some would like

  • Ethics Report Includes 30 Detailed Cases

    DMA received 1,065 consumer complaints during first half of year

  • 150 Snared in DOJ Web Crackdown

    Scheme against Eddie Bauer among cases reported

  • Letters to the Editor

    NO IDENTITY CRISIS I not only laughed out loud when I read Herschell Gordon Lewis’ recent column (Curmudgeon-at-Large, August), but also felt a tremendous sense of relief. I was beginning to think that my disenchantment with what’s normally passed off …

  • News briefs/directmag.com

    9/9 D&B agreed to sell its business in France to Base d’Information Legales Holding S.A.S. (Bil Holding) for $32 million. D&B generated roughly $38 million from the business last year. The unit has 170 employees, most of whom will remain. As part of the …

  • LOOSE CANNON: Threat Level: Leafy Green

    The Department of Homeland Security recently decided to bring its computer-assisted airline passenger screening operations in-house.