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  • TAKING THE LEAD

    Anyone looking at the hefty slate of new business-to-business initiatives the DMA has cooking might think the association was making a calculated play

  • JCPenney Mails Revised Christmas Book

    JCPenney sent out 10 million copies of its Christmas catalog during five weeks starting in late August. The redesigned book features merchandise grouped

  • Getting Close to Proximity

    My company is currently involved in a database project for an automotive client that needs to select customers and prospects who live within a given radius

  • Moore Tries Flashy Mail Package

    A medical supplies direct marketer is trying a radical change in its creative to increase response rates and sales. Moore Medical was hoping for a more

  • Opportunity to the East

    In Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and other parts of Asia, change is in the air. China joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the falling value of

  • Simply Put, USPS Is on to Something

    It’s happening like clockwork. With each Tour de France, the U.S. Postal Service comes in for a pasting for its more than $25 million sponsorship of the

  • List Business Rocked By Alan Drey Closing

    Even though moves are under way to pay back creditors, the sudden closure of list broker Alan Drey Co. in August has left a bitter taste in the mouths

  • DATA FOR DOLLARS

    On one hand, DMers have tremendous opportunities presented by the Internet and emerging technologies. On the other, they have a less-than-healthy economic

  • DIRECT listline

    NEW LISTS 11/1 Listline cv PCH Pet Product Buyers These 330,000 last-12-month pet merchandise buyers are generated from Publishers Clearing House’s $10

  • Con Games

    It took Terri Lynn McEntire three months to save up $75 to apply for a new credit card after she emerged from personal bankruptcy. But she never got the