Chief Marketer Staff

• Millennium Direct to Acquire Inteleservices

  DRTV firm Millennium Direct Inc. has entered into a letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of call center

• Short Cuts

  St. Paul Venture Capital has sold nearly 2.5 million shares of Select Comfort Corp., a bed and bedding direct marketer and retailer based in Minneapolis.

• Sharper Image Sales Rise 20% in July

  Sharper Image Corp. reported sales of $37.6 million for the month ended July 31, up 20% from $31.2 million last year. The company did not release income

• List and Database News

  Spanish Speaking Customers with Credit Cards These 142,343 consumers have bank or retail credit cards, and at least one member of the household that speaks

• Bluefly Loss Increases as Company Builds Customer Base

  Bluefly Inc., an online apparel outlet, saw its net loss jump from $1.5 million to $2.1 million during the second quarter of 2003. The New York-based

• Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

  Lifestyle Fascination

• Millennium Direct to Acquire Inteleservices

  DRTV firm Millennium Direct Inc. has entered into a letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of call center

• Internet Revenue is Bright Spot for Hanover

  Hanover Direct Inc. reported revenues of $105.8 million for the second quarter ended June 28, down 7.1% from the $113.8 posted in prior year’s quarter.

• List and Database News

  Restaurants and Eating Places This is a 460,000-name universe of restaurants and eating places that came from a number of sources. These eating establishments

• Restoration Hardware Direct Sales Up 46% for Quarter

  Net sales for Restoration Hardware’s catalog and Internet sales division increased 46% for the second quarter compared to a 40% increase in the same period