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Smart Bombing
The 31 American Tire & Service Co. stores under Scott Hook’s oversight had participated in mass advertising programs before, but in late 1997 Hook wanted
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Pac Bell Backs Off Telemarketing Plan
Pacific Bell is backing down from a plan to telemarket its services to customers with unpublished phone numbers.The phone company filed a request with
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Troubles Not Over for AFP
American Family Publishers Inc. must have thought it was out of the woods. In March, it settled lawsuits by 31 states and the District of Columbia by
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DISNEY DIRECT MARKETING
Michael Eisner, the high-powered CEO of The Walt Disney Co., has a simple formula for his managers: You have to achieve regular annual growth of 20% to
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Just be yourself: HICKORY FARMS
When Hickory Farms decided to launch its Web site three years ago, some thought the catalog should feature more exotic fare than the hearty staples that
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Back to the Drawing Board
Back to the 50’s, a mail order catalog owned by Crowne Ventures Corp., Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 8. But this summer
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CRIME: Fatal Mail Order?
Marvin Patrick Sullivan, a former mental patient, is accused of killing Millbrae, CA police officer David Chetcuti with a rifle that may have been built
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Back to the Drawing Board
Back to the 50’s, a mail order catalog owned by Crowne Ventures Corp., Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 8. But this summer
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National Semiconductor Launches Online Services
Surprising though it may seem, it took until just last month for one of the world’s leading technology companies to jump on the electronic ordering and