Chief Marketer Staff

• Appeals Court Restricts Junk Faxes

  In a decision that could affect challenges to spam, a federal appeals court has ruled that a law restricting junk faxes was constitutional. This sets

• FDA Cracks Down on Mail Order Drug Marketer

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accused mail order pharmacy Rx Depot Inc. of illegally running a storefront operation to import prescription

• Loose Cannon: Duck and Coverlet

  A CALL CENTER IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, March 24—Anyone calling my extension at Direct recently would have heard a message stating that I was on vacation.

• DMA Reinstates International Pavilion at Annual Conference

  The Direct Marketing Association has reversed a decision it made earlier this year, and will feature an International Pavilion at its fall conference.

• Consumers Say Catalog Web Sites Don’t Meet Their Expectations: Study

  Customers know what they want on a catalog’s Web site—but they are not getting it, according to a study by list company Millard Group Inc. Millard surveyed

• Telemarketing Guru Lee Van Vechten Dies

  Telemarketing pioneer Lee R. Van Vechten passed away March 14 as a result of a massive heart attack. He was a co-founder of the American Teleservices

• Quebecor Appoints New CFO

  Jacques Mallette has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Quebecor Inc. Mallette replaces Claude H

• Koppel Resigns as President of PC Connection

  Kenneth Koppel has stepped down from his position as president of PC Connection, Inc. for personal reasons, the company announced. Patricia Gallup, the

• Neal Named Chief Marketing Officer at Marsh

  Marsh Inc. has appointed Donald Neal as senior vice president and chief marketing officer of the firm

• List and Database News

  EMS Workers This file is now under the management of VentureDirect Worldwide. It is made up of 78,532 emergency medical service workers, and has been