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The Federal Trade Commission has begun seeking comments on whether to retain and/or expand its mail order rule.

Craftmatic of Maryland, a direct marketer of beds, has settled charges with the North Carolina Attorney General over alleged violations of the state's do not call list.

Multi-channel marketing services firm Click Tactics Inc. and Intrasight, a relationship marketing company, will merge. The combined entity will use the Click Tactics name.

American Blind & Wallpaper Factory Inc. has been thwarted in its effort to stop Google from letting competitors bid on its trademarks as search terms. On Friday, the two firms settled a 2003 lawsuit which would have tested Google's right to sell the terms.

Should job candidates bearing tattoos hide their colors? Yes, because such illustrations risk biasing potential hirers, according to research from search media firm Vault Inc. Direct marketers know differently. To a DMer, a tattoo is the outer-envelope window that hints at the freemium of a potential employee's soul.

Chefs debuts a new look for its early fall catalog, featuring free shipping for orders in excess of $99 and morethan260 products. The Lighthouse for the Blind in St. Louis, MO

An online lingerie marketer has been barred from accepting payments prior to the shipment of orders as part of a lawsuit settlement with Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon.

Restoration Hardware Inc. posted a net loss of $7.9 million for the third quarter, compared with net income of $236 million for the same period last year.

A New Jersey firm has been charged with using fictitious directory listings to dupe Florida consumers.

Swedish Match AB has completed its purchase of Cigars International Inc., a cigar and related products direct marketer. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.