Chief Marketer Staff

• SuperMarkets Online Signs Deal With AOL

  SuperMarkets Online Inc., a subsidiary of Catalina Marketing Corp., St. Petersburg, FL, has signed an agreement with America Online to offer its ValuPage

• DIRECT Listline

  RT Magazine Subs RT magazine’s 17,172-name active subscriber list is available. This publication is targeted toward retail executives and covers how retail

• MSGI Puts Majority Interest in Fulfillment Subsidiary on the Block

  Marketing Services Group, Inc. an integrated marketing and Internet services industry leader, is entertaining purchase offers for a majority interest

• Short Cuts

  Townsend Agency, Rosemont, IL, reported a 52% increase in agency income for 1998. Billings for the privately held agency topped $37 million, from $24

• Catalog Sale Increases Outstrip Store Revenue for Sharper Image

  Sharper Image Corp., San Francisco, CA, had total 1998 revenue of $243.1 million, up 12% from 1997’s $216.8 million. Total store sales rose 7% to $162.4

• DM Management Boosts 1998 Sales and Income

  DM Management Company, Hingham, MA had fourth-quarter net income of $2.8 million, up from $1.5 million in fourth-quarter 1997. Sales for the quarter were

• Direct Response Among Leaders in Internet DM Expenditures

  Internet advertising spending increased by almost 87% in the first three quarters of 1998, and direct response marketing companies were among the industries

• Postal Commission Chair: Leave Reform Bill Alone

  Postal Rate Commission Chairman Ed Gleiman urged the House postal subcommittee last week to reject the changes to the latest postal reform bill the U.S.

• Online Magazine Slate Goes Free (Again)

  Slate, Microsoft Corp.’s online magazine, can now officially be designated Hamlet of the Web: To charge or not to charge, that is the question. On Friday,

• Sharper Image Proprietary Products Bring Record 4Q

  Sharper Image Corp., San Francisco, had fourth quarter sales of 110.5 million, up 15% from fourth-quarter 1997’s $95.7 million. Comparable store sales