Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  On the Road Again

  BOULDER, CO – Schwinn, the self-proclaimed American Classic, has sponsorship partners clinging to it like swarms of bees on a branch. Kraft Food’s Tang

• When the Smoke Clears

  Brad Burmaster recalls the day two RJ Reynolds sales reps visited the construction site of his new store, Light House, in suburban Chicago. The hardwood

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  Hochberg Made SBA Deputy Administrator

  Cataloger Fred P. Hochberg, former president/CEO of Lillian Vernon Corp., was sworn in last month as deputy administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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  The Sher Solution

  Database marketers have a new resource available. It’s R. K. Sher & Associates, Highland Park, IL, founded by longtime industry leader Bob Sher. Sher

• The Undefeated

  Apparently, it’s the decline without the fall, depending, of course, on who in the coupon business you’re talking to. Although total coupon expenditures

• Desperately Seeking Creativity

  Russell Pander paused . . . and for a reason. He had just been asked whether he thought the promotion business lacked creativity. Pander is creative guru

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  First Data Cuts Work Force by 11%

  First Data Solutions, Omaha, NE, reduced its work force by 98 employees-approximately 11%-on May 15, a company spokesperson said. The cuts were made across

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  It’s a Wrap

  The annual PMA Star Power conference lived up to its title last month when both Ron Howard and Will Smith spoke to about 500 marketing executives on Warner

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  Abacus Report: Catalogs Were on a Roll in ’97

  Eleven out of 13 catalog categories experienced holiday season growth in 1997, with five segments having at least a 13% increase in dollar spending, according

• Deregulated Mail

  LOMBARD, IL – Metromail Corp. has partnered with PNR Associates, Inc., to deliver household-level marketing data to service providers in newly deregulated