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Gone to Hill and Back
It’s a rare person who enjoys strapping a pair of waxed barrel staves to his feet and schussing down the side of a mountain; only 4% or 5% of the U.S.
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DMA Enters the Merger Race
The Direct Marketing Association has finally caught up with its members’ merger mania by making an acquisition itself.The trade group announced last month
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We Knew Them When
A new study by Opinion Research Corp. International, Princeton, NJ, on behalf of Priceline.com, finds that seven Internet “mega-brands” have reached household-name
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Learn From the Past
Order information-as well as promotion history and demographic data-can help marketers create segments and regulate customer contacts.When using a customer’s
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Late Mailings Lead to Lawsuit
California company filed a lawsuit against Advo Inc., Windsor, CT, claiming that lost revenue due to alleged mailings by Advo’s lettershop sent the company
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Slowdown for DM Service Suppliers
As world financial crises persist in some countries and loom in others, the stock market continues to show signs of a cautious slowdown. With this development,
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Account-Specific Spotlight: Phoenix
Phoenix grocers are big on free samples, but light on frequent-shopper deals. Only 11 percent of stores here have frequent-shopper programs. Fully 94
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Malling Betty
General Mills begins construction this month Betty Crocker Kitchen, a retail bakery outlet in the Mall of America. The store will open in mid-October,
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Block That Call
CHICAGO-BASED AMERITECH unveiled a service in Chicago and Detroit last month specifically designed to block telemarketers’ calls. The company is the first