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Agencies

  • Gone to Hill and Back

    It’s a rare person who enjoys strapping a pair of waxed barrel staves to his feet and schussing down the side of a mountain; only 4% or 5% of the U.S.

  • DMA Enters the Merger Race

    The Direct Marketing Association has finally caught up with its members’ merger mania by making an acquisition itself.The trade group announced last month

  • We Knew Them When

    A new study by Opinion Research Corp. International, Princeton, NJ, on behalf of Priceline.com, finds that seven Internet “mega-brands” have reached household-name

  • Learn From the Past

    Order information-as well as promotion history and demographic data-can help marketers create segments and regulate customer contacts.When using a customer’s

  • Late Mailings Lead to Lawsuit

    California company filed a lawsuit against Advo Inc., Windsor, CT, claiming that lost revenue due to alleged mailings by Advo’s lettershop sent the company

  • Slowdown for DM Service Suppliers

    As world financial crises persist in some countries and loom in others, the stock market continues to show signs of a cautious slowdown. With this development,

  • The Ecstasy and the Agony

    In our business, you have to have a champion at the top, or there will be no database marketing program. In most industries, database marketing is not

  • COMING OF AGE

    J. Walker Smith, of market researchers Yankelovich Partners Inc., Norwalk, CT, says age mixes two things, life-stage and cohort, “a generational group

  • Reel Deals

    Killing Mrs. Tingle (Miramax) Anticipated Release Date: Second Quarter 1999Starring: Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan, Liz Stauber, Vivica

  • McCann Drives Off With the Diamond

    The big winner at the 69th Direct Marketing Association Echo awards last month was McCann Relationship Marketing, New York. McCann took both a gold (automotive)