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Agencies

  • Survey: Retention-Based E-mail to Surge

    Report predicts e-mail will draw from direct mail budgetsThe number of e-mail marketing messages received by consumers will skyrocket from the 3 billion

  • Off Target

    I curse when I pass the construction site out on Highway 3.The site is for a Target store opening in September. I’m not the only one who curses over that

  • J.C. Penney to Sell Off DM Services

    J.C. Penney Co., Plano, TX, has retained investment banking firm Credit Suisse First Boston to explore strategic options for its Direct Marketing Services

  • INTERNET SPURS SWITCHBLADE SALES: www.macktheknife.com

    Move over, software and books: Online sales of switchblade knives is a growth industry.One manufacturer, Italian firm SKM, told The Wall Street Journal

  • Benefits Package

    Teleservices will play a major role in a new multi-media effort by Employee Benefits Direct Inc. (EBDirect) to promote sales of insurance policies to

  • Staff Cuts at USPS

    As part of a major undertaking to reduce costs and remain competitive, the U.S. Postal Service plans to cut its administrative staff by 33% over the next

  • SEE, HEAR AND NOW…SNIFF ONLINE: Scent of E-commerce

    Suppose you were browsing through an online food catalog and could smell the hot buttered popcorn or freshly baked cookies shown on the screen?Soon that

  • 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,