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  • Special Deliveries, on Target

    Specialty printing posted no revenue growth last year, but industry sources say that demand for products including game pieces and high-quality direct

  • Coming in next month’s PROMO

    Fresh Look, New Start Fox Family Channel starts the biggest cable TV launch ever this month when it takes control of the former Family Channel. Fox is

  • Net Tax Relief Bill Gains in House

    LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO stop state and local governments from imposing new taxes on Internet transactions for at least three years and creating a special

  • 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.

  • What’s Wrong Turns Out Right

    ABC execs thought they had a winner when they dreamed up a contest to have fans pick out the mistakes in one episode of The Drew Carey Show. But they

  • The Mark(eting) of Zorro

    We must confess that Zorro was our first career choice. We could never understand why our parents were upset when we ran down the corridor to carve Zs

  • PRIVACY PENDULUM

    In May, during a commencement speech, Vice President Al Gore called for an “Electronic Bill of Rights” to allow Americans to protect their privacy.In

  • 100G prize marks Gund centennial.

    EDISON, NJ – Any Teddy Bear can make you happy, but it takes a special one to make you rich.In celebration of 100 years of business, plush toymaker Gund

  • Drawing Heavily on China

    NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA – The Disney feature film Mulan, provides the theme for a new Web site sweepstakes that offers hundreds of prizes, including a $500

  • Detox for Discounters

    What is the worst word in the marketer’s lexicon? To me, it’s “discounting,” a word that is defined as “cutting the price,” but really means “incenting