Chief Marketer Staff

• Snyder Buys Redskins

  Daniel M. Snyder, as part of a group lead by Howard Milstein, a co-owner of the New York Islanders hockey team, has become an owner of the Washington

• Sharper Image To Launch Internet Auction Site

  Sharper Image Corp., San Francisco, will expand its Web site (http://www. sharperimage.com) to include a new Sharper Image Product Auction site. The auction

• DIRECT Listline

  Restoration Hardware This new Restoration Hardware catalog list identifies 35,000 last-six-month buyers. They are 100% direct mail sold. The catalog offers

• The Travel Co. To Acquire DMer AHI International

  Travel Services International Inc., Delray Beach, FL, dba The Travel Co., will acquire AHI International Corp., Rosemont, IL, in a cash and stock deal

• Compaq Computer To Buy Shopping.com

  Compaq Computer Corp. will buy Shopping.com Inc. for $19 per share, or a total of $220 million.”In my opinion the value that has been created at Shopping.com

• Acxiom/Direct Media Manages MacDonald Inventory

  Acxiom/Direct Media, Greenwich, CT, has taken over list management of the entire list inventory of MacDonald Communications Corp.These lists, which name

• Jaclyn Acquires Assets of Banner Industries

  Jaclyn Inc., West New York, NJ, which markets ladies’ handbags, apparel and related products, has acquired certain assets of a division of Banner Industries

• Searle Moves: From Burnett To Draft?

  G.D. Searle & Co. pulled its direct marketing for Celebrex from Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, but not its general advertising. It looks like DraftWorldwide

• Direct American Marketers Settles With States

  Pennsylvania attorney general Mike Fisher announced yesterday a $3 million multi-state bankruptcy claim settlement with Direct American Marketers Inc.,

• McHugh Reintroduces Postal-Reform Bill

  House postal subcommittee chairman Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) last week reintroduced a bill to reform the U.S. Postal Service, saying that while he expects