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  • Kemmler’s Law

    Moments before becoming the first man ever to go to the electric chair, William Kemmler complained about his press coverage. “I’m bad enough,” he said.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T-What Does That Mean to Us?

    Demarcation lines have faded. Direct marketers are respectable at last. Almost as respectable as general advertising executives. Certainly as respectable

  • 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

  • Sponsorships Grow Without the Olympics

    If there was a year for sponsorship spending to drop, 1997 should have been it. For more than 14 years, the sponsorship category has seen growth of at

  • International

    Birthday Treats BUENOS AIRES – The Cartoon Network celebrated its fifth anniversary here with a program that got kids to show off their artistic abilities

  • Polk Appeals

    L. Polk & Co., Detroit, has appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court a decision that allows that state to withhold the sale of motor vehicle lists. On April