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Agencies

  • Abacus Report: Catalogs Were on a Roll in ’97

    Eleven out of 13 catalog categories experienced holiday season growth in 1997, with five segments having at least a 13% increase in dollar spending, according

  • Pilot Light

    For many utilities, it doesn’t matter whether they consider themselves the dog, the hat or the race car: The monopoly game will soon be over.As they accept

  • Consumer DM Soars

    Strong results on Main Street are translating into market-beating returns on Wall Street for consumer direct marketing companies.Over the 12 months ended

  • Polk Appeals

    L. Polk & Co., Detroit, has appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court a decision that allows that state to withhold the sale of motor vehicle lists. On April

  • Singing In Tune

    CDnow, the Internet’s top music store, and MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, Inc., announced a groundbreaking, three-year integrated marketing agreement

  • Impulse: The Sequel

    Last month we wrote about 1-800-Flowers, Godiva Chocolatier and Eddie Bauer using technology from Narrative Communications Corp. to bring impulse buying

  • Corporate Gift Program Uncorked

    Virtual Vineyards (www. virtualvin. com), the consumer Web site that sells wine, food and gifts, has gone into the corporate gift and incentives business.With

  • On the Road Again

    BOULDER, CO – Schwinn, the self-proclaimed American Classic, has sponsorship partners clinging to it like swarms of bees on a branch. Kraft Food’s Tang

  • People

    DCI Marketing, Milwaukee, promoted David Steeno to senior account service coordinator for its Detroit office, and hired Mike Haizel as physical distribution

  • Hello, You Failed. Would You Like to Buy a Blender?

    This spring, hundreds of thousands of students found out their grades for the semester over the phone. Before they heard the good (or bad) news they listened