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  Troubles Not Over for AFP

  American Family Publishers Inc. must have thought it was out of the woods. In March, it settled lawsuits by 31 states and the District of Columbia by

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  CATALOG CAPITAL

  Experts agree: It’s difficult to generalize about how publicly traded consumer catalogs are doing on Wall Street. For one thing, direct marketing companies

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  What It Means to Mailers

  The Postal Rate Commission has admirably fulfilled the vision set out in the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act-that of providing checks and balances to discipline

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  DM DYNASTIES: Eh, Bob’s Your Father

  REPORTER CALLING Neodata Systems recently was a little confused when the company operator switched him over to Bob Wientzen. Wait a second. How was the

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  Right Out of the Banner

  For the Mother’s Day selling season, 1-800-Flowers and Godiva Chocolatier launched Internet ads that allow consumers to order a limited number of products

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  B-to-B Catalogers’ Market Leadership May Be Misleading

  For more than two years, direct marketing stock pickers have trumpeted the advantages of buying shares in business-to-business companies rather than stock

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  If Your Caddy Zigs, Does Your Jaguar Jag?

  A brutal question: When was the last time national advertising for automobiles caused you to take any positive action other than stifling a yawn? Or scratching

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  Tobacco Ad Ban Proposed

  The proposal for a ban on tobacco advertising across Europe gets little support from most marketers. Few would go so far as to suggest it is actually

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  Back to the Drawing Board

  Back to the 50’s, a mail order catalog owned by Crowne Ventures Corp., Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 8. But this summer

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  More Than Points

  There’s an old Washington, D.C. adage that an honest politician is one who, when bought, will stay bought. Were this true in the consumer arena, loyalty