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Landmark Communications Inc. has acquired Digital Envoy Inc., a developer of Internet marketing and intelligence systems, for an undisclosed sum.

Sharper Image Corp, posted sales of $28.9 million for June, a 21% decline from $36.4 million last year.

Neiman Marcus Inc. posted revenue of $406 million for the month of June, an 8.8% increase over $373 million in the prior year.

The National Association of Letter Carriers has reached a tentative agreement with the U.S. Postal Service on a five- year contract.

Direct Mail Dish: a blog designed to give small to mid-size business owners tips and resources on all aspects of a direct mail campaign located at www.printandmailcenter.com/blog -- Avery Print and Mail Center, Brea, CA.

Today we meet Inga Beck, a list planner who specializes in fundraising at Names in the News Inc., Oakland, CA. Beck says she enjoys list analytics more than any other aspect of her work. "That's my niche."

The Communication Workers Union, the U.K. postal workers organization, said it would strike Royal Mail for 24 hours beginning at 7:00 p.m. on July 12 after negotiations with Royal Mail broke down.

The European Parliament has voted to dismantle national monopolies for mail delivery by 2011, according to wire service reports.

Eleven years after mailing its last catalog, Gander Mountain can get back into direct marketing again. A federal judge has reversed an Aug. 2005 ruling in favor of the sporting goods retailer, giving it the legal right to use its logo and name in all direct marketing channels, including catalogs and e-commerce.