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Agencies

  • SWEEPS HAT TRICK

    JVWeb, Inc., a Houston-based Internet strategy company, acquired a majority interest in privately held NewsUSA, which provides news and information about

  • CUSTOMER CONTACT: Smiles Without Service

    The setting was the Tower Air terminal in New York’s JFK Airport at 6:30 in the morning. The players were Tower airline staffers, the recently betrothed

  • Reseller’s Dream

    Great Plains Software Inc., which sells management and accounting software through resellers, had a problem two years ago.The Fargo, ND-based firm did

  • Slack Pack

    When we discuss what doesn’t make creative hot, we’re usually talking about a campaign that doesn’t earn an acceptable response rate or a concept that

  • ACQUISITIONS: InfoUSA Buys Getko Direct

    InfoUSA, Omaha, NE, acquired Getko Direct Response of Canada from Cendant Corp. for $1.6 million. Getko, a Canadian list and data processing supplier,

  • Grocery Express

    ShopLink.com, the online grocery shopping service, is planning a major expansion in which teleservices and the Internet will be linked.The Westwood, MA-based

  • CompUSA Reshuffles Its Help Desk

    CompUSA Inc. is moving its teleservices help desk program online as part of a new plan that will cut 1,500 store and support positions while adding 650

  • Holt Would Ban Cell Phone Ads

    Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) was drafting legislation at press time that would ban the sending of unsolicited advertisements to cell phones.Numerous ComplaintsThe

  • BAIGlobal Expands Worldwide Division

    BAIGlobal Inc., Tarrytown, NY, has hired six market research professionals and expanded its Worldwide Services division to meet increasing demand to conduct