Chief Marketer Staff

• D&B Sells Its French Business

  D&B has agreed to sell its business in France to Base d’ Information Legales holding S.A.S. (Bil Holding) for $32 million.

• Aspen Marketing Recapitalized by KRG Capital

  KRG Capital Partners has recapitalized Aspen Marketing, a West Chicago-based direct marketing and promotional services company.

• Motorola Launches Multi-Media DVR Blast

  Motorola has launched a multi-media campaign with Cox to market digital video recording and high definition broadcasts to football fans during the NFL season.

• Gers Acquires Escalate

  Gers Retail Systems, a San Diego-based supplier of retail management technology, has acquired Escalate Inc., a provider of multi-channel fulfillment systems for retailers.

  Escalate serves clients like Eddie Bauer, Williams-Sonoma and Restoration Hardware. Its systems enable retailers to pick, pack and ship orders entered through any channel.

• Merit Names Dupont

  MeritDirect has named Sandy Dupont as an associate broker in its brokerage division.

• Millard Promotes Williams

  Millard Group Inc. has named Lisa Williams as a director of catalog brokerage.

• Short Cuts

  Personnel Concepts Ltd., a marketer of workplace information posters and other human resource products, has named Alan Discount as CEO.

• List and Database News

  A listing of mailing list availabilities.

• Garvey Not Liable for Statements Made as Spokesperson

  A California Court of Appeals has ruled that former baseball star Steve Garvey is not liable for statements he made while appearing in two infomercials for weight-loss supplements. The decision limits the circumstances under which an advertising …

• Samsung CMO Leaves for Intel

  Eric Kim, the global marketing chief for consumer electronics giant Samsung, left the company last week for a post as executive VP of marketing with data chip manufacturer Intel. Under Kim, Samsung’s annual international marketing budget climbed …