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Overstock.com Experiences First Quarterly Revenue Decline
Overstock.com Inc. has reported its first quarterly revenue decrease in the third quarter. The online merchandise liquidation firm added that its early fourth quarter revenues are lagging behind the fourth quarter of 2005.
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Bush to Name Dan Gregory Blair as PRC Chairman
President Bush intends to nominate Dan Gregory Blair as chairman of the Postal Rate Commission and upon confirmation designate him as chairman.
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Digital
Silicon Valley Firm in Alliance with Mitsui to Boost Search Marketing in Japan
Efficient Frontier Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based search marketing technology firm, has formed a strategic alliance with Vixia Inc., an e-mail marketing subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co.
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Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail
Hacienda Home Catalog Celebrates the American Southwest A recent Hacienda Home catalog touts itself with “Western Style… Grown Up.” A tooled leather armchair ($1,898) and a message to shoppers declaring Hacienda Home’s dedication to “bringing the …
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SEC Settles With Ex-Spiegel Officers and Directors
Seven former officers and directors of former bankrupt cataloger Spiegel Inc. have settled financial impropriety charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Digital
Smaller Q3 Loss, Projected Q4 Profit for LookSmart
Online ad network, tech provider and search portal LookSmart reported that an increase in pay-per-click revenue on its network led to a smaller loss in third-quarter 2006 compared to last year.
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Prism Business Media to Buy Publisher Penton
Prism Business Media Holdings, the B-to-B media company whose portfolio includes Direct and Multichannel Merchant magazines, announced it has agreed to buy the stock of Penton Media for $194.2 million.
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Q3 Profits Up 44% at aQuantive
Online ad firm aQuantive reported a 44% year-over-year increase in profits for third-quarter 2006.
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Catalog, Online Sales Grow 21% in JoS. A. Bank Q3
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers reported that total sales grew 13.2% in third-quarter 2006 to $119.5 million from $105.6 million in the same quarter last year.
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Loose Cannon: The Selling of the Election 2006
Reader Al Stanton recently sent in a request for an election-season direct-marketing-and-politics contest. Stanton suggested having folks submit either the most fitting theme song for Congress, or the best tagline to spur voting. (For the song he nominated Cher’s “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” and for the tagline he offered “Get service back in Congress: Make IN-cumbents OUT-cumbents.”)
I hear you, brother Al, and I salute both of your efforts. To give the contest even more of a DM-centric feel, I invite readers to submit