Chief Marketer Staff

• Evaluation in Evolution

  In our fast-forward age, where a sense of personal superiority often rests on having a quicker modem speed than one’s neighbor, it is hard to remember

• Snack Attack

  Sharon Fordham has been reacquainting herself with the cookie aisle.Back at the marketing helm of Nabisco Biscuit Co. after her 1994 to ’97 run as president

• Agencies

  Anniversary Songs

  TWO VENERABLE LIST companies are celebrating their 20th anniversaries this month-proof that there is such a thing as stability in direct marketing.One

• Box Top Bingo

  Two straight years of wilting sales have presented U.S. cereal makers with a grim picture. Two of the industry’s heaviest hitters, Kellogg’s and General

• Agencies

  The New Select

  ARE YOU WONDERING why that top-performing list you rented in 1997 just didn’t cut the mustard this year?One answer: Take a closer peek at where those

• Agencies

  Office Depot Goes to School

  Office Depot is using direct mail, coupons and sweepstakes to target the 6.5 million national parent-teacher association (PTA) members who buy school

• Context vs. Content Marketing

  I love the quote, “There are two kinds of people: Those who talk a lot and those who don’t listen.”There are also two kinds of marketing that apply directly

• Agencies

  That’s Entertainment

  High-Speed Duel In an innovative idea, DC Comics and NASCAR will join next month to stage a duel within one of the circuit’s biggest races. The Showdown

• How About an Award for Great Legs?

  The annual industry ritual of self-salutation is fast approaching. There’ll be awards in the categories of best this, best that, and best them. However,

• Agency Moves

  Matthew Armstrong named senior vp, director of business development at the Marketing Corporation of America, Westport, CT. Also at the agency, Joseph