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Blair Corp., a national multichannel direct marketer of apparel and home products, saw a 4.5% decline in its net sales for the first quarter of 2006, the company announced. Sales for the period were $102.7 million, down from $107.6 million during the same quarter last year.

A bill passed unanimously last week by the Florida House of Representatives would bar the largest out-of-state wine producers from marketing their products to Florida customers over the Internet or through the mails.

Two separate cases of telemarketing fraud involving credit cards came to an end Friday as four men were convicted of conspiracy in Iowa, while another pleaded guilty to felony telemarketing in Kentucky.

Jim sent me the nicest thank-you note the other day. It was printed on a full-color card bearing a picture of a bright yellow daisy, and it —

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Newcastle Brown Ale is out with a contest that gives the winner tickets to a variety of music events and the assignment of reporting on a blog about each event.

The Tribeca Film Festival, now in its fifth year, is launching a host of promotions to reach moviegoers outside of its traditional downtown Manhattan venue.

U.S. Cellular has struck a three-year sponsorship deal for Milwaukee’s Summerfest worth more than $1 million.

Nestlé USA’s latest sweepstakes will use an in-pack ticket to name a new Willy Wonka.

Rising gas prices will serve as a spurious justification for a postal rate hike in the “high single digits,” (between seven and nine percent, for instance), according to John A. Greco Jr., the DMA’s president and CEO.