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  • Live from the Mo Show: Delta SkyMiles Still Flying Despite Looming Bankruptcy

    In the face of a steady stream of pessimism about the prospects of bankruptcy for parent Delta Airlines, the Delta SkyMiles reward program is still flying. On Tuesday, the airline said that it was cutting salaries of most employees by 10% starting in …

  • Consumers Wary of Offshore Call Centers

    Outsourcing telemarketing to offshore call centers could be detrimental to maintaining customer loyalty, according to a call center study conducted by Purdue University’s Center for Customer Driven Quality in conjunction with researchers at BenchmarkPortal Inc.

  • P&I Postscripts

    MARITZ RESEARCH: St. Louis, has launched a tool to help companies better identify, retain and acquire customers. Maritz Loyalty Maximizer applies a proprietary research model with marketing research and analytics to help better understand consumer …

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  • Strawberry Shortcake Launches First Loyalty Program

    There are lots of loyal Strawberry Shortcake fans out there and there will likely be more as the brand launches its first loyalty program to incent consumers to stock up on the playful doll and her related products. Berry Points began showing up on …

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  • Slow Rewards Prompt Loyalty Defectors: Study

    Consumers cited the length of time it takes to build up points in loyalty and rewards programs as the primary reason they bail out of such programs. Seventy percent of respondents to a recent study said that it takes too long to see results from these …

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  • AFL & Army’s Boot-Camp Begins

    The Arena Football League and U.S. Army began an outreach program on Tuesday at high schools in five markets to teach teamwork, fitness and exercise education. To kick off the events, the Dallas Desperados took the AFL-U.S. Army Boot Camp to Irving High …

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  • News Briefs

    ELECTRICARTISTS: New York, hired Dave Smith as director of business development, a new post at the online marketing firm for media, entertainment and lifestyle brands. Smith was founder of Segue>Entertainment Network, New York, handling off- and online …

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  • News briefs / directmag.com

    8/26 DIVERSIFIED ENTERTAINMENT INC. and direct marketing executive Joel Margulies launched The Margulies Agency, a full-service strategic marketing and branding company. In 1996, Margulies founded Transactional Marketing Partners, a relationship …

  • The Next Generation

    Marketers’ high-tech solutions achieve the kind of customer relationships mom-and-pop shops built on their own

  • Albertsons Taps Gannon as CMO

    Albertsons has promoted Paul Gannon to chief marketing officer for its 2,500-store supermarket and drugstore business. Gannon had been president-CEO of Shaw’s Supermarkets, which Albertsons bought in April. Gannon will oversee all marketing for …