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  • DMA Enters the Merger Race

    The Direct Marketing Association has finally caught up with its members’ merger mania by making an acquisition itself.The trade group announced last month

  • Flower Power Hour No Web Page of Love

    Let’s say that in a weak moment you’ve succumbed to the persistently charming ElectraGiz guy. You invite him into your space expecting the conventional

  • Reel Deals

    Killing Mrs. Tingle (Miramax) Anticipated Release Date: Second Quarter 1999Starring: Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan, Liz Stauber, Vivica

  • Cultured Repeaters

    County Line Cheese, Waukesha,WI, will reward frequent users with points redeemable for such rewards as a free movie and theme park tickets, free Blockbuster

  • The Right Combination

    Is there a more cynical, fickle consumer than a kid? Kids can be hard as nails, changeable as a chameleon. How do you get them excited about something

  • Listening to Katherine

    Our client of two years, Expressions From Hallmark, wanted to use its Barbie license with Mattel to help Wal-Mart Stores highlight Barbie products and

  • McCann Drives Off With the Diamond

    The big winner at the 69th Direct Marketing Association Echo awards last month was McCann Relationship Marketing, New York. McCann took both a gold (automotive)

  • More Animorphs!

    KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell will begin receiving exclusive advertising, promotional, and premium usage rights to publicize Animorphs, a hot children’s

  • Eating Ethnic

    A new study, sponsored by Kraft Foods, has found that Italian dishes, Mexican meals, and an American classic, macaroni and cheese, top the list of American

  • Plumbers

    Economic globalization and corporate acquisition trends are spilling into the plumbing system. Not since the English Public Health Code of 1848 became