Agencies

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  Tools of the Trade

  Marketers use several terms-ROI, profitability, lifetime value and RFM-as if they are synonymous. They aren’t. Each has its own special use in database

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  P-O-P Gains, But Girds for Tobacco Withdrawal

  Marketers last year spent $13.1 billion on point-of-purchase displays, an increase of 5 percent above 1996.Some segments had growth rates that exceeded

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  Changing the Rules of the Game

  There was a time not long ago when marketing decision makers regretted they didn’t have enough information.In the world of information, especially database

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  Peterman Floats Online Ad Test

  The J. Peterman Co. dipped its toe into the online advertising waters this spring with a test campaign for the Heart of the Ocean necklace from its “Titanic”

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  First Data Cuts Work Force by 11%

  First Data Solutions, Omaha, NE, reduced its work force by 98 employees-approximately 11%-on May 15, a company spokesperson said. The cuts were made across

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  Rapp Collins Tops in Billings

  Rapp Collins Worldwide, with $1.615 billion in billings in 1997, leads the list of top 10 agencies, according to the Direct Marketing Association’s annual

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  Everywhere Merchants Want to Be

  Visa USA will give its retail partners magic for Christmas this year, part of an aggressive slate of consumer promotions designed to drive purchases in

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  PRIVACY PENDULUM

  In May, during a commencement speech, Vice President Al Gore called for an “Electronic Bill of Rights” to allow Americans to protect their privacy.In

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  Call It What It Is

  He propose that articles about spam in the press and other media ought to be called spam as well. They’re about as prevalent and intrusive. Case in point:

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  Mrs. Butterworth’s hot air balloon starts tour.

  COLUMBUS, OH – Giving new meaning to the term “rise and shine,” Aurora Foods launched the “Breakfast Over America” balloon tour. It features a 30-foot