Topic

Agencies

  • Signature Group Plans Mexico Test

    The Signature Group, Schaumburg, IL, is about to test its first loyalty reward program in Mexico, using a U.S. teleservices agency to handle inbound calls.The

  • Join the Club

    Hoping to offset sagging catalog sales, Damark International Inc. is investing more resources in membership clubs sold primarily by inbound telemarketing.In

  • Calling Capitol Hill

    With the 1999 legislative season in full swing, lawmakers in 18 states are considering legislation requiring telemarketers to maintain do-not-call lists

  • The Phillips Upgrade

    Phillips Publishing Inc. has expanded its database marketing capacity at its 50-station inbound call center in Potomac, MD, as part of a three-year automation

  • The Art of Renewals

    THERE IS A legend among circulation directors about a renewal pitch done by Mad magazine back in its heyday.Although Mad did not try to acquire subscribers,

  • Stocking the Mailbox

    TWO RECENT creative packages used foodstuffs to try and cut through the mailbox clutter.Boston’s Direct Response Group developed a campaign to generate

  • Funny Business

    TOP US IF you’ve heard this one. What do Basil Fawlty and a young Obi Wan Kenobi have in common? Not much-unless you count an authoritative manner and

  • B-to-B Computer Products Lead Gain

    SHOWING impressive fourth quarter earnings that exceeded many analysts’ predictions, business-to-business computer products catalogers and marketers provided

  • Nike Has Michael Jordan, the Pope Has the Frito Bandito

    NIKE IS THE archetype of the fin-de-sihcle marketer: Big, gutsy, proud, fearless and moderately unscrupulous.Some degree of mourning has to drop Nike’s