Chief Marketer Staff

• USPS Ranks Number One in Consumer Trust: Survey

  For the second year in a row, the U.S. Postal Service came out on top in a survey of which government agencies consumers trust most with their personal

• CoolSavings Buys Alliance Data’s TMS Business

  Online couponing firm CoolSavings Inc has purchased the Targeted Marketing Services (TMS) business of Alliance Data Systems. The purchase includes TMS’

• List and Database News

  Movin’ & Spendin’ Asian New Movers Country Marketing Ltd. is the new manager of this file of 93,000 Asians who have recently moved. A credit card database

• Short Cuts

  Catalina Marketing Corporation appointed Craig Scott as president of its healthcare division, Catalina Health Resource. He most recently served as a company

• Overall Fourth Quarter Sales Up for J. Jill

  The J. Jill Group Inc. reported that net sales for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 27, 2003 increased by 6.5% to $114.9 million from $107.9 million reported

• CDW-G Acquires T3 Scientific IT Products Division

  (Catalog Age) CDW Government (CDW-G), the government and education subsidiary of CDW Corp., acquired selected assets of Fairmont, WV-based T3 Corp.’s

• Moore Wallace Suspends CFO

  Printer Moore Wallace Inc. has suspended Mark Hiltwein, the company’s executive vice president and CFO with pay. The suspension stems from Hiltwein providing

• Live from the DMA Financial Services Council Conference: AARP Meets the Baby Boomers

  The post-World War II generation began turning 50 in 1996, and since then has, in increasing numbers, become eligible for membership in AARP, formerly

• Live From The DMA Financial Services Council Annual Conference: DM Mind Games

  Demographically and geographically, potential targets may appear similar. But purchases are often made from the emotional part of the wallet, according

• Live from the DMA Financial Services Council Conference: Not Burying Call Centers, But Praising Them

  While the dearth of data and do-not-call restrictions have teemed up to damp outbound telemarketing activity, Mass Marketing Insurance Group has managed