Chief Marketer Staff

• DIRECT Listline

  Columbia House Teens & Tweens List Services Corp. is offering this first-time-available file of 30 million children of baby boomers aged 10 to 18 all

• Consumer Direct to Acquire Las Vegas Mortgage

  Consumer Direct of America will acquire Lending Services Corp. for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock.

• Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

  Oxmoor House Oxmoor House recently mailed a bookalog promoting a new solo title in the popular “For Dummies” book series. Called “Life’s Little Secrets

• SkyWorld Acquires BeeLine Interactive

  SkyWorld Interactive, an online marketing agency, has acquired BeeLine Internet Resources, a Boston-based Internet development firm, for an undisclosed sum.

• Illinois to Ban Unsolicited Telemarketing to Cell Phones

  Illinois could soon become the first state to ban telemarketing calls to cell phones.

• Sharper Image Net Loss Narrows

  Sharper Image Corp. reported a net loss of $260,000 for the first quarter, a massive improvement over the $2.8 million it lost during the same period last year.

• Fingerhut Takes its Customer File off the Market

  Fingerhut Cos. Inc. has suspended the rental of its customer file pending the sale of the company’s assets.

• Urban Outfitters Posts Record Earnings

  Urban Outfitters Inc. reported net income of $4.8 million for the first quarter a 313% gain over $1.2 million for the comparable quarter last year.

• Lands’ End Income Skyrockets in Quarter

  Lands’ End Inc. reported net income of $16.5 million for the first quarter, a more than 100% increase over $5.9 million for the same period last year.

• Key Senator Opposes USPS Transformation Plan

  Ted Stevens, the Senate’s second-ranking Republican and long-time supporter of the U.S. Postal Service, said he is opposed to any legislative attempts