Topic

Agencies

  • Reel Deals

    Austin Powers 2 (New Line Cinema) Release Date: Summer 1999 Anticipated Rating: PG-13 Starring: Mike Meyers Top line: Meyers writes the script for the

  • Bean Sprouts Redesign

    IN RESPONSE TO “sluggish sales and stiffer competition,” apparel cataloger and retailer L.L. Bean is refining its catalog marketing operations and is

  • Account-Specific Spotlight: Houston, TX

    Yes, it’s true: Everything is bigger in Texas. Houston supermarkets are 17 percent bigger in square footage than the national average. Houston is the

  • Get Framed

    TALK ABOUT a Web site with frames!Artuframe (www.artuframe.com), as in “art you frame,” allows you to do just that: pick out a piece of art, frame it,

  • Quarterdeck President Hessler Resigns

    CURT HESSLER HAS resigned as president, CEO and director of Quarterdeck Corp., a computer helpware direct marketer/retailer in Marina del Rey, CA. The

  • People

    Mokrynski & Associates Inc., Hackensack, NJ, promoted Lori Sloves to account executive in the list brokerage division.DraftWorldwide, Chicago, named Kristi

  • No Postal Rate Hike Until January

    IN LATE JUNE, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors approved an overall 2.9% increase in postage rates to take effect Jan. 10, 1999-the smallest

  • Amex Accused of Bias Against Hasidic Jews

    A NEW YORK jeweler has sued American Express Travel Related Services, claiming Amex is excluding from its catalogs items from vendors owned by Hasidic

  • Enhanced to Purchase eCommerce Corp.

    ENHANCED SERVICES CO. INC., El Segundo, CA, will buy eCommerce Corp. for a combination of cash and stock. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Stamford,

  • Back to Shool

    SHARPEN THOSE PENCILS-DM education programs are gearing up for the fall semester.* New York University’s Center for Direct Marketing will offer 10 courses