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B-to-B Catalogers’ Market Leadership May Be Misleading
For more than two years, direct marketing stock pickers have trumpeted the advantages of buying shares in business-to-business companies rather than stock
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If Your Caddy Zigs, Does Your Jaguar Jag?
A brutal question: When was the last time national advertising for automobiles caused you to take any positive action other than stifling a yawn? Or scratching
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What It Means to Mailers
The Postal Rate Commission has admirably fulfilled the vision set out in the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act-that of providing checks and balances to discipline
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CRIME: Fatal Mail Order?
Marvin Patrick Sullivan, a former mental patient, is accused of killing Millbrae, CA police officer David Chetcuti with a rifle that may have been built
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Tobacco Ad Ban Proposed
The proposal for a ban on tobacco advertising across Europe gets little support from most marketers. Few would go so far as to suggest it is actually
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Back to the Drawing Board
Back to the 50’s, a mail order catalog owned by Crowne Ventures Corp., Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 8. But this summer
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Back to the Drawing Board
Back to the 50’s, a mail order catalog owned by Crowne Ventures Corp., Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 8. But this summer
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The Click-Through War
Who’s got the better click-through rate on Web banner advertising-Flycast or DoubleClick? And should anyone even care?In March, RelevantKnowledge, Chicago,
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More Than Points
There’s an old Washington, D.C. adage that an honest politician is one who, when bought, will stay bought. Were this true in the consumer arena, loyalty
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EDUCATION: Mercy Offers DM Specialty
Know someone who aspires to a DM career? If so, show them this: Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, is offering a direct marketing specialty, culminating