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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
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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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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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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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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