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Agencies

  • Correction

    A March 15 story about computer security equipment maker Silent Runner Inc. misstated the company’s cost per lead in its direct marketing campaign. The

  • direct listline

    New Lists Telebrands Product Buyers The 507,596 people on this list bought merchandise from direct response TV and space ads. Products purchased include

  • Lead Generation: Caller, You’re on the Air

    Until recently, most direct response radio was limited to low-price offers for vitamins, music and household gadgets. The belief was that expensive merchandise

  • Music: That’s Amore

    Victoria’s Secret figured Italian love songs and a televised lingerie show were a perfect combination to get shoppers in the mood. They were right. Looking

  • Catalogers Expand Magazine Advertising

    CATALOGERS HAVE traditionally been lukewarm about advertising in magazines. But at least two firms have had some success and intend to continue investing

  • Movie Madness

    IT’S EVERYWHERE! It’s everywhere! That paraphrase of the old Chicken Man radio show theme has been running through my head as of late. Advertising in-your-face

  • Fairy Tale Ending

    Things are looking very green this year. Never before has one property so thoroughly dominated PROMO’s Entertainment Marketing Awards the way DreamWorks

  • Chicago Symphony Profiles Customers

    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is hoping a new customer profile and segmentation study will help it create offers geared to a wider range of subscribers.

  • Pagination Ping-Pong

    WHO DETERMINES what items go on each page of a catalog? Does it matter if it’s the catalog artist, the merchandiser or a marketing person? Does it sometimes

  • Back to the Bog

    It was a classic double-dip. Baskin-Robbins came back for seconds on Shrek’s November video premiere after its spring fling with the theatrical release