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  • Coldwater Creek

    Is there such a place as Coldwater Creek? The image conjures up some far-off place in the mountains, with cool streams and tall pines, a spot we would

  • SIMPLY Irresistible

    1. Send ‘Em One White Sock Too often, “we want you back” appeals are boring.But they don’t have to be. Take a look at what the marketing managers at Ansett

  • B-to-B Catalogers’ Market Leadership May Be Misleading

    For more than two years, direct marketing stock pickers have trumpeted the advantages of buying shares in business-to-business companies rather than stock

  • GOOD DEAL

    Direct mailers are still pinching themselves to see if the events of the week of May 11 actually happened.On Monday, the Postal Rate Commission recommended

  • Hall of Fame

    Quick-name those people and/or companies you feel had the most influence on the catalog industry over the last few decades. Even harder, name those who

  • Universal Solution

    In one year, online sales for AnotherUniverse.com have grown from 3% to 25% of the catalog’s total business.Steve Milo, president of the Baltimore-based

  • 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

  • Parlez-Vous Francais?

    Two new catalogs raise the question of authenticity and pretentiousness in marketing-and not a moment too soon. What with the Catalog Conference in Boston

  • 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

  • Show Me the Money

    Exactly when should a list owner expect to collect list rental income from a list manager or broker?That question is being asked more than ever these