Chief Marketer Staff

• Smith & Hawken Sales Bloom 49% for Month

  Gardening cataloger/retailer Smith & Hawken reported 36% overall sales growth for August 2003, compared to August 2002. The company also posted a 49%

• Short Cuts

  J. Thomas Presby was appointed to fill a newly created seat on cataloger/retailer Tiffany & Co.’s board of directors. Presby, an advisor and retired partner

• List and Database News

  Matchup.com Membership Master File Some 63,567 total paid members are included in this list. They paid $24.95 to connect with others who are looking for

• CompUSA Buys Good Guys

  West Coast electronics retailer and Web marketer Good Guys has entered into a merger agreement with CompUSA. Under the terms of the agreement, each outstanding

• Direct Hit: Black September

  Most DMers entered last week focused on their fall sales and perhaps getting ready for the DMA conference. By week

• NCDM Winter Moved to Dec. 3-5

  Due to a scheduling conflict with the Walt Disney World Dolphin exhibit hall, the Direct Marketing Association and Primedia Business Exhibitions have

• Marketing Customers Open E-Newsletters: Study

  Marketing companies and retailers

• Bush Signs Telemarketing Bill; DNC List to Begin Wednesday

  President Bush on Monday signed legislation to give the Federal Trade Commission authority to set up a national do-not-call list, but the legality of

• Jim NcNulty Opens StandPoint PR With DM Specialty

  Jim McNulty has launched StandPoint Public Relations in Southborough, MA, a firm specializing in direct marketing. He was previously director of public

• DMA Tells DMers to Comply With No-Call Registry

  The Direct Marketing Association this morning called on direct marketers to honor the federal do-not-call registry even though a federal judge had ruled