Chief Marketer Staff

• News Briefs

  MARZETTI: is running a packaging design contest as part of its uDip sweepstakes, which encourages participants to design the packaging for Marzetti Old Fashioned Caramel Apple Dip Singles

• VeraData Merges with Trilogy Target Solutions

  VeraData has acquired Trilogy Target Solutions have merged to form a full-service list management and integrated marketing services firm.

• MSC Industrial Income, Sales, Income Plummet in Quarter

  MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. reported net income of $26 million for the fourth quarter, a sharp decrease $50.5 million last year.

• Drugstore.com Narrows Losses

  Drugstore.com Inc., an online retailer, posted a net loss $1.6 million for the third quarter, compared to a net loss of $3.6 million in the prior year.

• FTC Fines Iconix $250,000 for Alleged COPPA Violation

  conix Brand Group Inc. will pay a $250,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children

• Agencies

  Meet the Broker: Carol Arnold

  Today we meet Carol Arnold, vice president of sales and marketing at ListAbility Inc., a company she started in May 2008 with partners Chris and Shelli Dyer.

• New Chair Discusses DMA Challenges

  Put aside the three

• Agencies

  Quelle Catalog Closes Down

  Quelle, one of the oldest catalogs in Germany, is ceasing operations a few months after its parent company Arcandor AG filed for bankruptcy and more than 6,000 employees may be laid off, according to news reports.

• MoneyGram to Pay $18 Million to Settle FTC Charges

  MoneyGram International Inc., a large money transfer service, will pay $18 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company allowed its money transfer system to be used by fraudulent telemarketers to bilk U.S. consumers out of tens of millions of dollars, according to the FTC.

• Reader’s Digest Names Zier President, Europe

  The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. has named Dawn M. Zier president, Europe.