Chief Marketer Staff

• USPS Hearings to Begin Wednesday

  The first of long-awaited Congressional hearings on postal reform will take place this Wednesday. The House Special Panel on Postal Reform and Oversight

• Short Cuts

  Quris, an e-mail advertising agency has named Jeremiah Treacy as executive creative director. Stanton Direct Marketing Inc. has promoted Leslie Anton

• Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

  A new line of classically inspired apparel for the littlest kids, from newborn to age 2, launched recently. The catalog for Olive Juice recently mailed.

• Italian Firm Buys Parent of Things Remembered

  Cole National Corp., the parent of Things Remembered catalog, agreed to be acquired by Italy

• List and Database News

  Forward Edge Technology This new list identifies people who attended a two-and-a-half hour seminar on pursuing their own online business. Nearly 80,000

• FAO Schwarz Purchase Approved

  The purchase of FAO Schwarz Internet and catalog businesses and the purchase of stores in New York and Las Vegas was approved by Judge Joel B. Rosenthal

• Letters to the Editor

  : Great column, Richard, prophetical and Joanna’s skill seem genuine as well

• Caples Awards Slated for Feb. 26

  The Caples Awards gala will be held Feb. 26 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Reservations for the awards for direct marketing creative can be made

• Tequila Promotion Delivers Smooth Results

  Results for a Jose Cuervo Especial tequila campaign for Valentine

• Moore Wallace Names Executives

  Moore Wallace Inc. said Friday that president/COO Thomas W. Oliva, has left the company. A replacement has not yet been named. The Mississauga, Ont. printer