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Agencies

  • Quelle to Acquire Karstadhain

    GERMANY’S KARSTADT A.G. department store chain said it plans to merge with mail order group Quelle. The merger, which will create one of Europe’s biggest

  • SUPER CELLAR SELLER

    After due consideration, Adam Strum suggests a viognier as an appropriate wine with which to surf the Internet.”Or if you prefer a red, something light

  • Time Starved? Join the Club

    TIME AND MONEY are probably the most sought-after intangibles in any working woman’s life. Women’s Consumer Network, Washington, DC, is building a membership

  • The Chicken in My Head Needs a Break

    A LONG TIME AGO, at a summer job far, far away, a delightfully daft coworker told me that for years she thought the chorus of a Joe Jackson song was “chicken

  • List Source

    Irish Eyes With a Hint of Garlic A list of more than 22,000 rural Americans who ordered potatoes, garlic, shallots and scallions from this gardening catalog

  • Agents of Change

    LONG-TERM loyal customers are more valuable than other customers. They generally buy more often, spend more, have a higher retention and referral rate,

  • Hey Kids-Free Cockroaches!

    AT DIRECT, we love Archie McPhee and Co., Seattle’s self-proclaimed “Outfitters of Popular Culture.” Our glee was compounded when a mailer announcing

  • GMHC Mailing Draws Fire

    A TEST MAILING in March of a Gay Men’s Health Crisis fundraising letter using the Matthew Shepard tragedy as a hook to ask people to donate to the organization

  • Demerit Badges

    QUICK, WHICH HAS a better public image: the Boy Scouts of America or the U.S. Postal Service?The BSA may be counting on its greater popularity in some

  • Millard Interactive Bows

    Millard Group Inc., Peterborough, NH, has launched Millard Interactive, an Internet division.In addition to e-mail list brokerage, services include helping