Topic

Agencies

  • WORLDLY WISE

    The Internet is bringing U.S. DMers into international markets, but there’s a learning curveCompanies that once sold only in the United States found something

  • LEGISLATION

    California Passes Privacy Bill A watered-down version of a bill establishing California as the first state in the nation to adopt European-style privacy

  • Bank on It

    Two hits and a miss We’re not all that wild about deregulation of financial services, but we have to admit it’s helped get their creative and competitive

  • Sweeping Up

    Publishers Clearing House, Time settlements have implications for all sweepstakes.As direct-mail marketers spend an estimated $28 million to comply with

  • Time Inc. Will Issue $4.9 Million in Rebates

    Time Inc. will refund $4.9 million to 6,000-plus customers who spent more than $500 during the last three years on the company’s “Guaranteed & Bonded”

  • Getting Organized

    Manufacturer’s salespeople plug into a unified data source In a bid to enhance customer service, Cutler-Hammer, a Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of electrical

  • Furthering Automation

    Yellow Freight tries freeing agents for upselling, consulting Yellow Freight System Inc., an Overland Park, KS-based trucking freight consolidator, has

  • E-Friendly Skies

    Online marketplace for corporate travelers promises a smooth takeoffFor corporate travelers sick of paying travel agents high commissions, Oracle Corp.

  • SERVING THE CUSTOMER

    A message from H. Robert Wientzen, President and CEO, Direct Marketing Association If I had to summarize everything I have learned during my marketing

  • COMMON GROUND

    The DMA communications staff has to serve both old and new members As little as 10 years ago, most members of the Direct Marketing Association were “traditional”