Affinion Group Inc. reported $320 million in net revenues (unaudited) for insurance, membership and other club services for the quarter that ended March 31, reflecting a $77 million increase over the $245 million in revenues reported for the same quarter last year.
Harry & David Holdings Inc. reported catalog, Internet, outbound telemarketing and business-to-business net sales were $47 million for its fiscal third quarter that ended March 31.
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A federal judge has set a date to begin jury selection in a trial that questions Google's right to sell trademarks as keywords for delivering pay-per-click search ads.
First-quarter sales at San Francisco-based specialty retailer The Sharper Image fell off 37% to $65.5 million from $104 million in the same quarter last year.
At the end of his book Ogilvy On Advertising, David Ogilvy makes 13 predictions about the future of marketing -- both direct response and non. (According to Ogilvy, he wasn't especially keen to make them, but "my publisher insists that I take a shot.") More than 25 years have passed since Ogilvy On Advertising was…
Schlott Gruppe AG will sell its direct marketing division to Oesterreichische Post AG for 60.5 million euros ($81.6 million).
The Massachusetts House has unanimously passed a bill that would require businesses to disclose breaches of customer data and allow customers to lock down their credit reports as a way to thwart identity theft, according to the Boston Globe.
Urban Outfitters Inc. posted net income of $29.4 million for the first quarter, a 45% increase over net income of $20.3 million in the prior-year.
The Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc. posted a net loss of $132.8 million for the first quarter, compared to a net loss of $170.2 million in the prior-year.
