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  • North Dakota Voters Repeal Data Law

    Voters in North Dakota overwhelmingly rejected a law last month that allowed banks to sell customer information without written permission. It’s surprising

  • BASF Builds Farmer Loyalty Program

    FOLLOWING a promising 6% response to a spring test mailing, BASF is rolling out a larger drop this month, encouraging companies to participate in its

  • MKTG Services Tightens Operations

    In May, MKTG Services Inc. laid off 35 people at its New York headquarters 10% of the staff overall as it wound down cost-cutting measures to bring the

  • USPS, Nonprofits Spar Over Co-op Rules

    The U.S. Postal Service and two groups representing nonprofit mailers are butting heads over two pending bills to relax the cooperative mail rule. Those

  • A digest of daily news from DIRECT Newsline

    June 11, 2002 Federated Department Stores agreed to sell major assets of its Fingerhut Cos. subsidiary to Fingerhut’s former owner, Ted Deikel. Along

  • Vanity, All Is Vanity

    WHEN MY WIFE TOLD ME she had entered a subscription in my name for Vanity Fair, I wasn’t at all surprised. Vanity Fair has spectacular editorial content

  • Crossover Dreams

    ALL IT A HOLDOVER from his musical career, but Ron Altbach knows how to grab a listener’s attention. The attendees at a recent investment breakfast were

  • Correction

    An article in the June issue of DIRECT (Welcome to the Party) stated that Lands’ End’s customer file of 2.1 million last-12-month buyers is available

  • Stone Age DM

    OF ALL THE WILD CHARACTERS who have strutted across the DM stage, few were more memorable than John Stevenson. Stevenson, a Brit who died earlier this

  • Oregon, Washington Sue Subscription Agent PSE

    MAGAZINE subscription agent Publishers Services Exchange (PSE) is being watched closely by publishers, many trying to prevent the firm from soliciting