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Agencies

  • Catalogs Thriving Online, Says DMA

    According to the DMA’s report, 91% of catalogers say they’re active on the Internet The internet has become an established channel among catalogers. Ninety-one

  • NEW LISTS

    Sweepstakes Advisory These direct mail-sold sweepstakes enthusiasts paid $20 to receive a report listing more than $1 million in cash and prizes. Cost:

  • Not the Best Policy

    Torchmark Corp. learned a tough lesson when it offered life insurance to the Reader’s Digest customer file earlier this year: Strong brands alone do not

  • Petopia Lays Off 120

    Online pet product retailer Petopia.com has failed to secure financing, and last month laid off 120 employees, or 60% of its work force. Reductions were

  • Homestore.com to Acquire Move.com

    Homestore.com, a Thousand Oaks, CA-based home and real estate Web site, will purchase Move.com, a relocation and real estate portal, from Cendant Corp.

  • Clarification

    Due to an inadvertent omission, the privacy roundtable featured in our Nov. 1 issue may have incorrectly led readers to believe that Experian offers lists

  • FeelGood for Life Files Bankruptcy

    Direct marketer FeelGood for Life Inc., Lakewood, CO, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of

  • Winner’s Circle

    While the last millennium may have ended not with a bang but a simper, this one’s off to a racing start, if the wonderful world of direct is any indication.

  • MSGi Picks Up Perks.com

    Direct marketing company Marketing Services Group Inc., New York, will acquire 80% of Perks.com. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Los Angeles-based

  • Abacus Tracks Catalog Shoppers

    Older folks are buying more items from catalogs but middle-aged people are ringing up the bills, according to Abacus Direct’s just-released Consumer Catalog