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  • Democracies Endanger Web Freedom: Reports

    Several Western democracies have become “predators of digital freedoms,” using the fight against terrorism to increase surveillance on the Internet, an

  • Short Cuts

    Alternate Marketing Networks Inc. has named R. Phillip Baker to serve on its board of directors.. The addition of Baker brings the total number of board

  • Spiegel Group Sales Fall in August

    A 25% drop in direct sales contributed to a 21% revenue decline for The Spiegel Group last month.

  • Sharper Image August Catalog Sales Rise 81%

    Sharper Image Corp. reported sales of $34.5 million for August, up 40% from $24.6 million last August.

  • DIRECT Listline

    Tamayo Miyares & Sherman U.S. Latino Consumers This file, offered by Sound Beach Marketing Partners LLC, has been overlaid with transactional data. The

  • Jos A. Banks Direct Sales Rise 27.5% In August

    Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. reported sales for the month ended Aug. 31, 2 were up 20.3% to $14.3 million compared with $11.9 million last year. Combined

  • Penney’s August Catalog Sales Drop Nearly 25%

    J. C. Penney Co. Inc. reported catalog sales of $186 million for the four weeks ended Aug. 24, off 24.7% from $247 million for the same period last year.

  • Letters to the Editor

    Thanks for a good clear statement about Sept. 11 and the marketing world . It was very appropriate for the

  • Vander Zanden Named as School Specialty CEO

    School Specialty Inc., a direct marketing of supplemental educational supplies, has named David J. Vander Zanden as chief executive officer. He had served as interim CEO since last March, when CEO and chairman Dan Spalding died.

  • COURT HEARS MOTION TO BLOCK HERSHEY SALE

    The sale of Hershey Foods is proving to be sticky business. Since announcing it was placing the company on the auction block last month, The Milton Hershey