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  • DMA Asks FTC to Refine Can Spam

    The Direct Marketing Association has urged the Federal Trade Commission to clarify the Can Spam Act by recognizing the difference between purely sales-oriented e-mail and billing, transaction confirmation or other relationship messages.

  • 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 …

  • Some Slight Sleight of Hand

    It’s time for my biannual review of data cards and data sheets, which has been conducted only once over the past 10 years in these pages.

  • Watch That Expiration Date!

    How to keep marketing strategies fresh and effective

  • Coming Attractions

    Film-goers spent more time on the beach than at theaters this summer. Box office revenue for the summer was up 3% from last year to $3.7 billion, while

  • Producing Results

    A good relationship is one way to get the most from your printing vendor partnerships

  • Michael Aronowitz to Lead AIM

    The Association for Interactive Marketing has named Michael Aronowitz executive director.

  • The Power is in the Story

    If the strength of a brand rests on its ability to tell a good story, it shouldn’t be that great a leap for that storyline to intersect with others right?

  • CURMUDGEON-AT-LARGE: Drum Them Out of the Corps

    We all have read who knows how many science fiction stories in which a defunct person comes back to life.

  • Segmenting Seniors…Or Not?

    THE 50+ CROWD IS GROWING FAST. By 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau says there will be 97.1 million senior citizens across the country, compared to 77.8 million