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  • Pilot Light

    For many utilities, it doesn’t matter whether they consider themselves the dog, the hat or the race car: The monopoly game will soon be over.As they accept

  • The Perils of Premeditated Demotion

    Our community has been accused of various offenses, from planned obsolesence to subliminal advertising. Here’s one we actually are guilty of: premeditated

  • Computer Resellers

    Whether they like it or not, computer resellers are being pushed to deliver products and services through new distribution programs. Channel assembly,

  • Oops! Catalog Faux Pas

    Nothing in the body, nothing on the body.”That’s the rule Levenger president Steve Leveen said his chief merchandiser adopted after a series of apparel

  • Conspiracy Revealed: Intrigue-ing DM Campaign

    He cover for the Oldsmobile Intrigue/”X-Files” movie direct mail piece was a plain brown envelope, which makes sense, given the television show’s bent

  • Changing the Rules of the Game

    There was a time not long ago when marketing decision makers regretted they didn’t have enough information.In the world of information, especially database

  • Dream Team

    SAN FRANCISCO – Sega of America last month announced agency assignments for the $100 million launch of its Dreamcast video game console, slated for introduction

  • Casting the Net

    Ed Mufson’s company is the ’90s version of the fabled DM kitchen table start-up. A year ago, Mufson, who’s been in retail for 30 years, was thinking of

  • People

    DCI Marketing, Milwaukee, promoted David Steeno to senior account service coordinator for its Detroit office, and hired Mike Haizel as physical distribution

  • NEW LISTS

    Ziff-Davis-ZD Net ZD Net is a Web-based source for computing and Internet information. The file supplies the names of 600,000 subscribers to this service.Cost: