Chief Marketer Staff

• Under the Canopy Returns

  (Catalog Age) Just months after its launch in 1998, Under the Canopy was forced to shelve its print book and sell solely online. But three years later,

• Short Cuts

  Global Business Services has acquired Eagle Postal Centers Inc.’s 13 postal stores in the Dallas area. The purchase price is $1.5 million in cash, stock

• Alloy Posts Sales and Net Income Gains

  Alloy Inc. has reported first-quarter revenue of $50.4 million, a 79% increase over the same period last year.

• Weider Assigns SF Interactive

  Weider Interactive Networks Inc. has hired SF Interactive to help it sell its Optimize Fitness Systems and iShape lines online. SF Interactive will provide

• Cross Media Completes JWE Purchase

  Cross Media, the multi-channel marketing company, has completed its acquisition of JWE Enterprises.

• Spiegel and MBIA Settle Lawsuit over ‘Payout’

  The Spiegel Group and MBIA Insurance Corp. have settled their lawsuit over a planned $20 million payout, which Spiegel argued would have harmed Spiegel and its credit card unit, FCNB.

• DIRECT Listline

  Chemical Engineering Venture Direct Worldwide is offering the active subscriber file of Chemical Engineering. The list includes 73,411 paid U.S. subscribers,

• European Parliament Mulls Compromise Data Protection Directive

  The 626-member European Parliament is expected to ratify a compromise data protection directive tomorrow that would limit the ability of the law enforcement

• DEAL FOR MILLER BEER IS BREWING

  Philip Morris Companies is expected this week to announce the sale of Miller Brewing Co. to South African Breweries, according to published reports. “The

• EQUITY MARKETING BUYS UPSHOT

  Equity Marketing gave a lift to its promotion capabilities last week by signing a deal to acquire Upshot from bankrupt Ha-Lo Industries. The deal gives