Chief Marketer Staff

• FTC Charges Canadian Directory Firm With Fraud

  The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against a Canadian company, alleging the firm deceptively telemarkets directories to small U.S. businesses.

• List and Database News

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• Cigna Opens Chinese Company; Will Sell by Phone

  Cigna has opened a new company in the People

• United Stationers Extends Quebecor Print Contract

  United Stationers Inc. has renewed its printing contract with Quebecor World. The multi-year contract, which will include catalog printing, mailing list

• Live From Insert Media Day: Inserts Boost Norm Thompson Revenue

  Cataloger Norm Thompson increased its revenue from insert programs by more than 200% between 2002 and 2003, and by 400% the year before, reported customer

• House Renews Fair Credit Reporting Act

  Financial services marketers received a meaningful break tonight when the U.S. House of Representatives renewed the Fair Credit Reporting Act, reaffirming

• Group Withdraws Offer to Buy Zones

  (Catalog Age) The investor group that wished to purchase publicly traded computer reseller Zones private has withdrawn its offer. The group, led by the

• CDW Buys Micro Warehouse Assets for $22 Million

  Direct computer marketer CDW Corp. is buying the North American assets of Micro Warehouse, a computer reseller, for $22 million. The deal includes a U.S.

• List and Database News

  Avid Magazine Readers These 320,000 subscribers responded to telemarketing and direct mail offers to sign up for magazines. They spent about $100 per

• Live from the DMA B-to-B Marketing Conference: Privacy Looms as B-to-B Issue

  While the landscape for consumer privacy protections has been well established, firms that target business have been slower to embrace the need for customer