Chief Marketer Staff

• Barnes&Noble. com Trims Losses

  Barnes & Noble.com reported a net loss of $17.5 million for the third quarter, a 54% over a $38.3 million loss last year. Consolidated net sales for the

• Short Cuts

  Verizon Information Services, the publisher of Hispanic yellow pages, has launched its first bilingual SuperPages directory in Tampa, FL. The directory

• Printcafe Acquires Online Assets

  Printcafe Software Inc., which powers online print-procurement systems, will acquire the assets of printChannel Inc. for a undisclosed sum. Along with

• DIRECT Listline

  Sports Weekly Worldata/Webconnect has won the management of this file of more than 225,641 subscribers to this publication formerly known as Baseball

• Loose Cannon: Your Tax Dollars Subsidize Bad Airline CRM

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• Reader’s Digest Losses Widen

  The Reader’s Digest Association Inc. reported a net loss of $5.2 million for its first quarter, compared to $1.1 million last year.

• Bookings, Revenue, Income Up for Expedia

  Expedia Inc. booked $1.47 billion in travel services during third-quarter 2002, more than twice what it generated in third-quarter 2001. Revenue from

• PC Mall Sees Rise in Sales, Net Income

  PC Mall Inc. generated $230 million in sales during the third quarter of 2002, up from $172 million in third quarter 2001. Its net income rose from $493,000

• Cluster Products Show Biggest Gains in Valassis Third Quarter

  Valassis, Livonia, MI, reported a 40% gain in third quarter net income, from $23.4 million to $32.7 million. Its revenue grew from $198.4 million to $214.3

• Amazon Trims Net Loss as Sales Jump

  Amazon.com reported net sales of $851 million in third quarter 2002, compared with $639 million in third quarter 2001. The company reduced its net loss