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  Virtual Relief

  THE U.S. HOUSE of Representatives passed by a voice vote the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which would not only place a three-year moratorium on new Internet

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  Shop and Win

  Card patrols bestowed greenbacks on some lucky Kmart shoppers who purchased Expressions From Hallmark cards.From May 30 to June 6, 26 two-person card

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  Adding the U.K. to the Data Pool

  THE STEADY TAKEOVER of the U.K. DM industry by America continues-but it’s not just about dollars flooding in to buy upBritish suppliers. The U.K. market

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  The USPS Should Take the Lead

  THESE HAVE GOT to be frustrating times over at the U.S. Postal Service.First, they demand that you operate more like a business. When you try, they clobber

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  Business Manners for Everyone

  THE NEED FOR business manners is even greater than I anticipated, and reader comments strongly indicated that more should be written on this critical

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  Shopper’s Nightmare

  IF THERE’S A single cliche that drives us up the wall, it’s the one in which small store owners are hailed as the paragon of one-to-one marketing. We’ve

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  Even Oscar the Grouch Responded

  THANKS TO a more kid-friendly newsletter-complete with value-added offers for moms-visits to Sesame Place by season-pass holders were up 15% this spring.The

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  In-house Ed at IBM

  PERHAPS NOTHING symbolized the IBM of the past more than its fabled salesmen in the gray flannel suits. But since 1994 the old-line computer company has

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  The Xoom Boom

  XOOM INC., San Francisco (www.xoom.com), runs a Web community with a difference: Unlike most such communities, like GeoCities and Tripod, a large part

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  Establishing a Relationship Marketing Program

  THIS IS PART TWO of an excerpt on relationship marketing from the upcoming third edition of David Shepard Associates’ “The New Direct Marketing” (McGraw-Hill).Much