Chief Marketer Staff

• Epsilon Names Rudenauer VP of CRM

  Epsilon, a database marketing services firm, has named Janice Rudenauer senior vice president, customer relationship management consulting. She joins

• InfoUSA Posts Income Gain in Quarter

  InfoUSA reported net income of $4.9 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, up from net income of $4.5 million last year. The business information provider

• Nextel Eyes DM for NASCAR Campaign

  Nextel Communications Inc. was working on plans at deadline for direct mail and online advertising to support its new NASCAR Nextel Cup Series TV ads.

• KeyCorp Offers All-in-One Transaction Statements

  KeyCorp, a Cleveland bank, will offer consolidated statements to its retail customers this spring. They

• MEI Acquires Thinque Systems Corp.

  MEI, a sales force automation systems developer, has acquired Thinque Systems Corp, a provider of mobile sales-force automation tools. “I am very pleased

• NetPlus Named RAL Agency of Record

  American Incorporators Ltd. and Registered Agents Ltd., the two companies that comprise the RAL Group, have selected NetPlus Marketing to lead their online

• Shapiro Named a VP at Independent Film Channel

  The Independent Film Channel has named Evan Shapiro senior VP-network marketing. The appointment takes effect Feb. 1. Evan Shapiro He replaces Caroline

• News Briefs

  DIGITAL CONNEXXIONS CORP.: Ontario, Canada, has acquired iPromotions, Inc., a provider of online advertising and data acquisition products. Founded in

• FTC Creates Hotline to Assist Victims of Alleged Web Cramming

  FTC Creates Hotline to Assist Victims of Alleged Web Cramming The Federal Trade Commission has created a hotline for consumers who believe they were victims

• Frankel and iLeo in Possible Merger Talks

  Speculation flared up again this week about a possible merger between Frankel and Leo Burnett USA’s iLeo division. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday