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Agencies

  • Hockey Fans

    HOCKEY FANS tend to have greater brand awareness about popular consumer items than the general population, according to results of a recent telephone

  • USPS Must Find New Ways to Fulfill Dmers’ Needs

    DIRECT MARKETING in America is undergoing some fundamental changes, particularly regarding the media DMers use to reach customers and prospects.Once upon

  • Another Big Year of DM Deals

    THOUGH IT MAY surprise no one, 1998 was a boom year for direct marketing strategic deals. There were 1,846 transactions valued at $29.4 billion, according

  • Retail Review

    FINANCIAL TIMES Retail and Consumer Publishing, London, has released “Market Research Strategies-Challenges and Opportunities for the Information Age,”

  • Timing Matters

    THE POSTAL RATE COMMISSION recently dismissed a mailer’s attempt to recover postage costs for a time-sensitive mailing that was delivered late-but not

  • Bible Has New Author

    A DM father is bequeathing the direct marketing bible to a DM son.The seventh edition of “Successful Direct Marketing Methods” will be co-edited by DM

  • People

    Total Response Inc., Indianapolis, hired Julia Pekarek as account manager.Wendy Z. Vagnoni was named creative director at DMW Worldwide/Philadelphia.

  • Bill Would Cut Virginia Spam

    VIRGINIA BECAME THE first state to pass legislation controlling unsolicited commercial e-mail (“spam”) late last month, when its House of Delegates unanimously

  • Entering the Orderzone

    HARDWARE GIANT W.W. Grainger, Chicago, has teamed up with six partners in an attempt to become a one-stop cybershop for the less glamorous items it takes

  • SMARTEN UP!

    AMERICAN CONSUMERS CAN hold all a direct marketer could want to know about them in the palms of their hands. All it would take is the acceptance of smart