Bill Aylesworth has joined the Direct Marketing Association’s Agency Council . Aylesworth is chairman of CFM Direct, an Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based agency.

Kelvin Taylor has been named president of Milford, OH-based CRM firm Frequency Marketing, Inc. Taylor was previously vice president, customer development.

Harry Hill has been named director of Shop Japan Division I, the DRTV division of Shop Japan/Oaklawn. He will oversee all brand managers at Oaklawn Marketing/Shop Japan. For the past 3-1/2 years, Hill managed the Oaklawn Marketing call center.

Moore Medical Corp., New Britain, CT, has earned the right to display Truste

HomeData Corp. a homeowner data compiler, is relocating its headquarters to Melville, NY. It will be closing its LaGrangeville, NY location, and dividing its order processing between its parent company, Siegent, and Alvion Technologies, both of which are located in Florida. HomeData currently employees 10 people.

HomeData Corp. a homeowner data compiler, is relocating its headquarters to Melville, NY. It will be closing its LaGrangeville, NY location, and dividing its order processing between its parent company, Siegent, and Alvion Technologies, both of which are located in Florida. HomeData currently employees 10 people.

Alcott Routon, a Nashville-based direct marketing agency has named Jim Marouse Midwest director of business development. He will be responsible for developing new acquisition, activation, cross-sell, retention and CRM programs for the firm

Alcott Routon, a Nashville-based direct marketing agency has named Jim Marouse Midwest director of business development. He will be responsible for developing new acquisition, activation, cross-sell, retention and CRM programs for the firm

Alcott Routon, a Nashville-based direct marketing agency has named Jim Marouse Midwest director of business development. He will be responsible for developing new acquisition, activation, cross-sell, retention and CRM programs for the firm’s clients.

Alcott Routon, a Nashville-based direct marketing agency has named Jim Marouse Midwest director of business development. He will be responsible for developing new acquisition, activation, cross-sell, retention and CRM programs for the firm

Information compiler InfoUSA, Omaha, said Rob Chandra has stepped down from its board of directors due to “increasing professional demands from his position as partner at Bessamer Venture Partners” in San Mateo, CA. A replacement has not been named.

R.R. Donnelley Logistics is opening a 670,000 square foot facility in York, PA. The print, mail and package distribution company is headquartered in Willowbrook, IL.

The U.S. Postal Service has completed the fumigation of the processing and distribution facility in Brentwood. The fumigation began Dec. 14 and was completed Dec. 15. Further scrubbing and dehumidification processes are underway and necessary before the site can reopen. No date has been set for operations to resume.

TransUnion has promoted Eddie Sobh to sales representative responsible for national direct marketing sales support in the company

Braun Consulting Inc. has appointed Craig B. Lashmet to president of the professional services firm offering customer-focused business services. Formerly of eLoyalty, a customer relationship management services company, Lashmet will report to CEO Steven Braun, and will be based in Chicago.

Valassis has secured a $125 million revolving credit facility from Standard Federal Bank N.A, a subsidiary of ABN AMRO North America. The line of credit will be used primarily for general corporate purposes. It replaces a former $125 million credit facility that expired on Oct. 31. The Livonia, MI-based shared mail company does not have any borrowings against either facility.

New York-based DoubleClick has hired two senior level executives. Eric Kirby has been chosen as vice president and general manager of the strategic services group. John Rehl has been appointed vice president of global technical services.

New York-based DoubleClick has hired two senior level executives. Eric Kirby has been chosen as vice president and general manager of the strategic services group. John Rehl has been appointed vice president of global technical services.

The U.S. Postal Service, in partnership with the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC), the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and the Coalition for Clean Air, rolled out Friday, 400 Postal Service electric vehicles in the Los Angeles area. Each vehicle can be driven about 50 miles before needed a recharge and can accelerate from 0 to 50 mph in 12.5 seconds, a rate similar to that of their gasoline-powered counterparts. Currently, the Postal Service has a fleet of nearly 600 electric vehicles, which deliver mail in New York, Washington, DC and California. Each vehicle was purchased for about $22,000, after funding provided the partners.

LH Management Division, Leon Henry Inc., has promoted Teresa Cioffoletti to insert media manager. She joined the firm in 1997 as a direct mail and alternative print media account executive.

The New England Mail Order Association has named its newly elected officers of the board. They are: president, Robert Allen, president and CEO, The Vermont Country Store; vice president, Christopher Bradley, president and CEO, Cuddledown, secretary, Terry Monahan, sales representative, Bulkley Dunton Publishing Group; treasurer, Marlies Duke, executive VP, Mokrynski & Associates Inc., past president, John J. Hayes, president, J. Jill Direct; membership chair, Joan Burden Litle, president, The Catalog Connection, Web site chair, Janie Downey, president, Publish Experts Inc.

My Virtual Model, the 3-D online dressing room model, will now be available at the MSN eShop. Men and women can create a model of themselves at MSN’s Dressing Room and try on outfits from a number of brands, direct merchants and retailers. My Virtual Model Inc., is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

ShopLoop.com, a New York-based direct response firm, has changed its name to NextWeb Media (www.nextwebmedia.com).

Anthony Vuoto has been named chief financial officer of Providian Financial Corp., San Francisco. He replaces David J. Petrini, who stepped down earlier this year. He joins Providian from Bank One Corp. where he most recently served as president/COO.

The U.S. Postal Service and Internet direct mail services provider Zairmail are offering small and mid-sized businesses a series of seminars, “Direct Mail Made Easy in cities around the country.

Frank Giannantonio has been appointed senior vice president/CIO at Lands’ End Inc., Dodgeville, WI. Before stepping into this newly created position, Giannantonio had been vice president of direct marketing systems for The Limited Inc. in Columbus, OH.

Waltham, Ma-based iMarket Inc. has added some data elements to its business-to-business database. They are details on energy usage, credit worthiness and minority ownership status. IMarket is a database company owned by Dun & Bradstreet.

The Direct Marketing Association Directo Council for Hispanic Marketing will present Verizon Communications with its top corporate honor, the 2002 “Excellence in Hispanic Direct Marketing Company of the Year.” The award acknowledges Verizon’s excellent record in fostering workplace diversity and supporting community organizations that benefit Hispanics and other minorities.

FedEx Ground will open 31 additional FedEx Home Delivery operations throughout the United States, expanding the company to 90% of the nation’s population. FedEx Ground, Pittsburgh, is a subsidiary of FedEx Corp.

Healthvision, Inc., an Irving, TX-based healthcare Internet company, has launched DirectEffect, an online firm designed to help healthcare companies maximize their electronic marketing investments.

Catalog Marketing Services, St. Paul, MN, has promoted Connie Martini to Director-List Processing Services and Sue Graybill to Director-List Processing Operations. Both Martini and Graybill had been managers of list service teams. In their new roles Martini will be responsible for leading CMS’s list processing fulfillment efforts, and Graybill will oversee media management, record conversion, integrity and merge/purge operations.

Hanover Direct Inc. has appointed Edward M. Lambert to the position of executive vice president and CFO, effective Jan. 22. Edwards succeeds Brian C. Harriss. Hanover is in Weehawken, NJ.

Office supplies direct marketer OfficeMax, Inc., Cleveland, has named Michael F. Killeen chief financial officer and Neil A. Guliano to the newly created position of senior vice president, advertising and sales promotion.

China Eastern Airlines has tapped Vignette Corp., Austin, TX, to upgrade its Web site (http://www.ce-air.com/) to include such services as online ticket reservation, online payment and cargo tracking.

Nikon Inc. in Melville, NY, has promoted Jerry Grossman from vice president of Internet development and marketing to vice president of marketing for consumer digital products and compact cameras.

Five companies have agreed to use SkyGo’s ad-serving technology to deliver advertising messages within their wireless content. They are: CBS MarketWatch.com, ESPN.com, Hoover’s Online, nGame and Funcaster.com. Redwood City, CA-based SkyGo provides wireless technology.

UPS, the Atlanta-based parcel delivery giant, has formed a new subsidiary, UPS Consulting, that will advise clients on product design, sales and marketing, planning, procurement, production and cash management as well as fulfillment and distribution.

Advertising agency Grey Global Group, New York, has launched www.grey.com, a new Web site designed to lead advertising and marketing initiatives created as a result of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

Bigfoot Interactive has appointed Lori Samii as director of business development for the Midwest region. She will be headquartered in West Bloomfield, MI.

Prevention magazine has named Lorraine Sakli as marketing services director. Previously, she as marketing director for Ziff-Davis’ Smart Business.

Thatlook.com, a Stroudsburg, PA-based direct response marketing services firm that services cosmetic physicians, has terminated its agreement with CEO Gerard Powell and The Gerard Group for financial reasons. According to Jeff Dickson, thatlook.com’s interim chairman, the company is seeking interim funding.

Bradford Group Exchange, the collectibles direct marketer, will use Unica Corp.’s Affinium software to better target customers and manage its marketing campaigns. The open-architecture system will enable Bradford Group to “quickly adapt to any changes in our data structure,” said Rich Hann, of Bradford Group, in a statement.

JC Whitney Co., a direct marketer of auto parts, will become the exclusive licensee of CarParts.com consumer business. Chicago-based JC Whitney will license the CarParts.com URL and provide sales and service fulfillment for the more than 1 million visitors that shop on the CarParts.com site each month.

Stephanie MacDonald, director of market development for Burlington, MA-based Epsilon, has been elected to the board of directors of the Direct Marketing Fundraisers Association. MacDonald will assist in the New York-based Association

JC Wood has joined Fair, Isaac and Company, Inc., San Rafael, CA as vice president to lead the MarketSmart business development effort, focusing on the financial services, insurance, telecommunications and retail industries. Wood was most recently at Little Rock, AR-based Acxiom where he led business development in the financial services industry.

Federated Direct, New York, has relaunched its macys.com Web site. The redesigned site offers access to an expanded collection of merchandise, new shopping tools customer service options.

ClickAction, Palo Alto, CA, has promoted Steve Lett to senior vice president of sales, and Andy Caso to senior vice president of client services.

CMGI, Inc., The New York-based Internet operating company, has named two top level executives. Named chief financial officer is George McMillan, who most recently served as president/CEO of BMG Direct. The firm has also promoted corporate development president David Andonian, to the newly created post of president/COO.

Patrick D. Brady has resigned as co-chief executive officer of Simon Worldwide Inc, a Wakefield, MA-based promotions and marketing agency. His resignation was effective June 15. Allan I. Brown, who had been serving as co-CEO as well, has assumed all responsibilities of the position. Additionally, Dominic Mammola resigned as the firm’s executive vice president and chief financial officer effective June 30. Paul Meade, Simon’s comptroller, has been named chief accounting officer. Simon Worldwide changed its name from Cyrk Inc. on May 29.

NetByTel, a Boca Raton, FL-based voice systems provider to online marketers, has tapped EasyLink to handle the document delivery requirements of its clients’ call centers.

Coldwater Creek, the Sandpoint, ID-based cataloger, has named Matthew Dillon vice president & director of merchandising.

Promotions.com, a New York-based Internet promotional campaign marketer, has decided to appeal Nasdaq’s decision to delist its shares from its National Market. The company’s shares, which are currently trading at under 25 cents, fell short of the $1 minimum needed for listing. Promotions.com will continue to trade under the symbol PRMO pending the outcome of its hearing.

Cox Interactive Media, Atlanta, has promoted Chris Kelly to director of product development. Kelly had previosly been general manager of Cox Interactive Media

GoTo, a provider of Pay-For-Performance Web site search services based in Pasadena, CA, has named Dun & Bradstreet senior vice president Steve Alesio to its board of directors.

Ninfa Del Purgatorio has been appointed sales manager of the list management division of ALC of New York. She will oversee the list management sales team; strategic development; and advertising and promotion.

Chet Van Wert has been appointed executive vice president, marketing of Audible Inc. In his new position with the Wayne, NJ-based supplier of Internet-delivered spoken audio media, he will coordinate all aspects of marketing. Van Wert was formerly president of CMJ Network.

Source Marketing, the marketing and promotion agency, has named Robert Gotti and Ray Clifford vice president and account director, respectively. Both formerly worked for Ryan Partnership, Westport, CT.

The board of directors of publisher and direct marketer The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, NY, has declared a quarterly dividend of five cents on each share of Class A nonvoting and Class B voting common stock payable May 2, to stockholders of record at the close of business April 20.

Dun & Bradstreet has assigned Steve Alesio to head its B-to-B commerce initiatives. Alesio joined D&B in January from American Express.

QVC Japan, the subsidiary of the television shopping channel, the 24-hour shopping channel, went live yesterday at 8:00 to 1.2 million cable households and 2.5 million SkyPerfecTV! subscribers on channel 222.

The Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF) has scheduled the second annual John Yeck Center for Advanced Studies in Direct and Interactive Marketing at Harvard Business School June 10-15, 2001.

Deborah Lowman-Zuccarini has joined consumer information firm Experian as executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Experian Marketing Solutions. Lowman-Zuccarini, a senior executive with a strong customer and market focus, will lead Experian in developing its next generation of marketing solutions. She was most recently chief operating officer for Nykamp Consulting Group.

The mIn Data Card Analysis system is now allowing a multiple-word search to its system. Users may enter multiple words with any combination of + (and), – (not) and / (or) starting today, said Marketing Information Network, Oklahoma City.

Vienna, VA-based Optima Direct, part of the Rapp Collins Worldwide unit of Omnicom Group Inc., has named Maureen Citarella as chief operating officer.

B2BWorks has formed an alliance with NetCreations Inc., New York. Under the pact, which is a reseller and list management agreement, B2Bworks will broker NetCreations’ business-to-business lists. The Chicago company will also work with affiliate publishers in its network to build additional e-mail lists targeted to vertical b-to-b markets.

Cataloger and retailer Eddie Bauer, based in Redmond, WA, plans to launch eddiebauerkids.com, which will offer children’s clothing, and outerwear, in mid-October.

Ann Pichette has rejoined DraftWorldwide as executive vice president, managing director. She will work out of the Chicago headquarters. Pichette had most recently been an executive vice president at the New York office of the agency. Most recently, she was the president of Harte-Hanks Direct in New York.

Household Direct, which provides customer support and fulfillment operations for a variety of shopping outlets, has named William Thompson executive vice president of marketing. Thompson, author of “Inside Infomercials,” will be responsible for the company’s product and membership marketing.

L.L. Bean is mulling six semifinalists for its $15 to $20 million advertising account. They are: Foote, Cone & Belding, New York; Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis; Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Miami; and Leagas Delaney, San Francisco. Two undisclosed agencies are also in the running. A cut to finalists will come next month.

Chicago Association of Direct Marketing elected Mitch Lieber president. Lieber is president of his own Chicago area firm, Lieber & Associates, which specializes in telemarketing.

New York-based DoubleClick Inc. has debuted MediaMatch, a product that helps Web publishers to make use of unsold inventory. DoubleClick’s DART ad management system will be used deliver and track the transactions, then MediaMatch will allow publishers to automatically exchange house ads with other Web publishers.

Egarden.com Inc., a San Francisco-based online garden supplies marketer, has launched its wholesale store site which contains more than 26 product categories and an initial offering of more than 3,000 distinct products.

JCPenney.com, the online arm of the Plano, TX-based cataloger, has launched Just4MePetite.com and Just4MeTall.com, commercial Web sites, featuring apparel for petite and tall women. Both sites allow women to create a three-dimensional model, reflecting their physical proportions, face shape, hairstyle and color and skin tone.

Group 1 Software, Lanham, MD, has promoted Elizabeth Walter to executive vice president of sales and marketing of its DOC1 division. Walter was previously vice president, North American sales for the division.

Leslie C. Anton has been named account executive in the alternative media division of Stanton Direct Marketing Inc., Elmira, NY.

Stephen Altobelli of the Direct Marketing Association, New York, left his position as director of public affairs late last week, to take a job with a public relations agency. Altobelli had been in the DMA job for about a year. A successor has not yet been named.

Fairfax, VA-based Shop2u.com, a company that delivers full-color mini-catalogs by e-mail, has named Timothy L. Falvey as business development executive. Falvey will head up the new Stamford, CT, office, and work on building business in the Northeast corridor.

AOL Latin America, a joint venture of Internet service provider America Online Inc., and the Cisneros Group of Cos, a media group, has launched a special preview version of America Online Mexico, AOL’s first Spanish-language service.

EmailChannel Inc., Boca Raton, FL, has hired Peggy Licameli to lead the company’s opt-UP.com division, which serves list owners, managers and direct marketers. Licameli had been director of e-media circulation at Miller Freeman Inc. and CMP Media Inc.

The Talbots, Inc., Hingham, MA, will extend its common stock repurchase program to include an additional $20 million of its outstanding common stock. The repurchase will be financed using the company’s available cash.

HelloAsia.com, Redwood City, CA, has named Kenneth Lee, president of Asia Pacific. He will be responsible for the strategic direction and operations of HelloAsia.com throughout the Asia-Pacific region. HelloAsia.com provides Internet loyalty, direct marketing and e-commerce services for the Asian marketplace.

Direct Partners, a Los Angeles-based direct response advertising agency, has opened an office in New York.

MoreDirect.com Inc., an information technology products commercial Web marketer, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its common stock.

Stephen A. Musin has been named chief financial officer of Kids Stuff, North Canton, OH, a catalog and online merchandiser of children’s goods. Musin’s previous employment includes wholesale and retail distribution experience.

Hello Direct Inc., San Jose, CA, a developer and direct marketer of desktop telephony and equipment interface products, has named Dean “Kip” Witter III chief financial officer. Witter had served as interim CFO since February 1999.

TNT Post Group N.V., an international supplier of mail, express and logistics services, has tapped software developer the Descartes Systems Group Inc. to help drive its @TNT fulfillment operation.

ICT Group Inc., a customer relationship management company has made several management appointments. John P. McCabe has been appointed president of ICT Management Services division; Karen Arsenault has joined as vice president of marketing; and Timothy F. Kowalski, an ICT senior vice president, has been promoted to president of iCT ConnectedTouch.com. ICT Group is based in Langhorne, PA.

Epsilon, Burlington, MA has released the Web Direct Marketing Solution, a service that allows a marketer to access a database of customers and prospects, select audiences, and customize creative templates for off-line print or on-line distribution by email. As part of the rollout, Epsilon has formed a partnership with the Taylor Corporation, a North Mankato, MN-based specialty printers and marketing solutions provider.

Dale Moore has been appointed manager of interactive services for Millard Interactive, Peterborough, NH. Moore recently graduated from an Internet-centric master’s degree program at Marlboro College, VT.

HotData Inc., Austin, TX, has appointed Darryl Worsham vice president of sales. Worsham’s mandate includes opening the e-business market and the mid-tier/enterprise customer relationship management markets, as well as continuing the firm’s outreach efforts to small and SOHO businesses. Worsham came to HotData from Micrografx, where he served in several capacities, most recently as vice president and general manager of the Americas region for the company’s Internet products group.

Autobytel.com, Irvine CA, has named Thomas Nashmy to head its newly created Business Auction Systems Unit. The new unit will take charge of the marketing and development of Autobytel.com’s leading online wholesale auction applications, which services wholesale buyers and sellers of new and used vehicles. Prior to joining Autobytel.com, Nashmy was general manager of an ADP automotive direct marketing firm.

List Technology Systems Group Inc., New York, has opened a satellite office in Memphis, TN, at 9384 Green Knoll Drive. At the new site BJ Moore has been named vice president of sales and Sara Moore and James McEachern have been appointed account executives. LTS Memphis is a full service list management, list brokerage, database and e-mail services business. The phone number is 901-309-3872. The company also has an office in Medford, NY.

Cyber Dialogue Inc., an Internet-based relationship marketing services provider, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its common stock. The offering will be managed by SG Cowen Securities Corp., Banc of America Securities LLC and ING Barings LLC.

Kevin Tromp has joined the Chicago office of FCB Direct as director of client services. He joins the agency from Young & Rubicam.

The Retail Advertising & Marketing Association (RAMA) has named Craig Sinclair, vice president, advertising for the Walgreen Company chairman. RAMA is a trade association of retail marketing and advertising executives. Sinclair succeeds Paul Higham, senior vice president of marketing/consumer communications, Wal-Mart.

Application service provider ROI Direct.com, San Francisco, has named Dennis Waldera, vice president of direct marketing at Hello Direct Inc., to its board of directors.

HLB, London, has expanded its list brokerage business into the French market. Based in Versailles, HLB France will be headed by Nicholas Soulier as a joint venture with AID, a statistical analysis and database company. AID was acquired by HLB’s parent company WWAV Rapp Collins Group in 1998.

Petsmart.com Inc., an online marketer of products and information on pets based n Pasadena. CA, is making an initial public offering. The number of shares to be sold and their price will be disclosed in a later filing.

The Direct Marketing Club of New York announced the appointment of four new members to its 15-member Board of Directors: Elaine Jaffee, Quad/Graphics; Andrew Kapochunas, Dun & Bradstreet; Margaret Sullivan, Cendant/Coldwell Banker; Paul Vogel, Grey Direct; and Jane Weber, Webstakes.com.

Women’s clothing retail chain The Dress Barn Inc, New York, is updating its Web site (www.dressbarn.com) to make it fully commercial. The firm’s current site, launched last March, provides corporate information and only allows customers to purchase gift certificates online.

Cataloger Hanover Direct, Inc., Weehawken, NJ, has named Curt Johnson senior vice president and general counsel, effective immediately. Johnson most recently was general counsel of Pharmerica Inc. Prior to that, he worked for three years in venture capital and 10 years at American Express, where he served in a number of positions, including head of the Technology Law Group. Johnson holds a JD from Yale Law School.

VentureDirect Worldwide, New York, has revamped its Free Forum Network (www.freeforum.com), which is an online network of 20 targeted free offer sites. The site is geared to help advertisers generate leads with the free offer, build their brand with online ads and sponsorships and drive traffic to their site with online ads and text links. The redesign includes a pop-up interstitial ad, category sponsorship and newsletter sponsorship.

MaryEllen McGarry has been appointed as director of new business development at Response Media Products Inc., Atlanta.

Carol Wright, Largo, FL, is launching a Whole Health cooperative program. Some 12 million consumers will receive the envelopes containing advertising material from health and self-care manufacturers.

APAC Customer Services, Inc., Deerfield, IL, has appointed Peter M. Leger as president and COO. He also will serve as a member of APAC’s board of directors. Leger most recently served as president and CEO of Credit Management Solutions, Inc.

Epsilon, Burlington, MA, has recruited Corey V. Torrance as president and CEO. Torrance’s appointment is effective Nov. 1. Torrance is leaving Logica Inc., where he serves as president and CEO.

TeleServices Internet Group Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, hired Tom Murphy as senior vice president, e-commerce. He had been a consultant for such clients as USA Networks.

R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co., Chicago, has approved a stock repurchase program, effective through Sept. 2000. The company is authorized to purchase shares with an aggregate value of up to $300 million.