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Alliance Data Systems Corp.’s Epsilon unit will acquire Abacus from DoubleClick Inc. for $435 million.

J. C. Penney Co. Inc. has fired executive vice president and chief operating officer Catherine West but gave no reason.

DigiMedical Solutions Inc. has named Lloyd Rice vice president of technology.

Certified Diabetic Services Inc., a diabetic supplies and pharmaceuticals direct marketer, has closed a $2 Million private placement debt financing to be used to repay outstanding bank debt and provide working capital.

Unilever’s latest Dove launch gets a double dose of video support, with a videoblog piggybacked to an ad contest.

A kosher juice maker is hosting an unusual sampling program to a very targeted audience this New Year’s Eve.

Today we meet Jennifer L. Rickard, executive vice president at Rickard List Marketing. Rickard worked in the financial services industry before joining the family owned business 18 years ago.

PayPerPost, a new service that offers to match companies with bloggers who will write about them in return for cash, has signed a letter of intent to acquire some assets of Performancing LLC, operator of Performancing.com, an Internet community site for professional bloggers.

Of American consumers who have done research and decided to purchase via the Internet, 64% would consider purchasing a comparable brand if they received a direct response offer of a 15% discount for the comparable brand, the survey continued.

Domino’s Pizza is ringing in the New Year in style with an online contest that lets customers buy premium items on eBay for $9.99.