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• Lands’ End Selects Customer Data Integration Product

  Lands’ End, Dodgeville, WI, will augment its in-house database with customer data integration technology to enhance the accuracy of its customer addresses

• Home Shopping Network Names New Management Posts

  Home Shopping Network, St. Petersburg, FL, has named four new management posts. They are:* Bob Rosenblatt to the position of COO of HSN. He will oversee

• BMG PIP

  Inserts are enclosed with 500,000 monthly shipments.Cost: $65/MContact: American List Counsel, 908-904-6231

• GE, NBC, ValueVision Invest In Telocity

  General Electric Co, NBC, NBC Internet Inc., and ValueVision International Inc. will invest $70.5 million in Telocity. The Cupertino, CA-based start-up

• Early Holiday Catalog Sales Strong: DMA Survey

  October and November sales for U.S. catalog retailers reveals 221% sales growth on catalog Web sites and 22% growth in print catalog sales, compared to

• Sears To Offer Online Credit Applications

  Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, IL, will allow consumers to apply for instant credit online over its Web site, www.sears.com, starting Nov. 29.Accepted

• Time Warner Launches Internet Site

  TIME WARNER LAUNCHES INTERNET SITE Time Warner Inc. launched an Internet site, www.entertaindom.com, yesterday that is designed to generate revenue for

• DIRECT Listline

  NRI Master File This 147,000-name list identifies people who inquired about distance-education programs over the last 12 months. These individuals are

• Valuevision to Offer Instant Ordering Via TV Remote

  Home shopping network ValueVision International Inc., Minneapolis, has signed an agreement with Wink Communications Inc., an interactive TV company, to

• LIVE FROM TORONTO: Management Hopes to Buy All of DMI

  Direct Media Lives.Executives of the list management/brokerage firm Direct Media Inc. plan to buy back the whole company from Acxiom. The new DMI, contrary