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Agencies

  • Study Shows Direct-to-Consumer Ad Growth

    Direct-to-consumer (DTC) promotional spending by pharmaceutical companies, mostly in the form of direct response ads, grew by 16% to $631 million in the

  • Schweppes and Lerner team with Broadway

    NEW YORK Schweppes will activate its Live Broadway sponsorship with a national holiday instant-win sweepstakes. The promo will be on specially marked

  • B-to-B DM Stocks Eke Out Slight Increase

    Without the impressive stock price gains by computer hardware and peripherals vendors, business-to-business direct marketing companies would not have

  • Hall of Fame

    When asked how the late Tom Foster would have taken his election to the DMA Hall of Fame, Foster & Gallagher’s Bob Pellegrino laughed, “He would have

  • French Beauty Catalog Primps for U.S. Debut

    Paris-based Le Club des Createurs de Beaute will issue an American version of its beauty catalog next month.The catalog is a joint venture between cosmetics

  • Music Clubs

    BMG Direct and Columbia House are building profit centers in expanding markets for Christian, gospel and Latin music. BMG acquired its “Sound and Spirit”

  • What’s Your Hang-Up?

    Spurred on by increasing consumer complaints about hang-up calls, the Direct Marketing Association is expected to release guidelines early next year covering

  • You Beta Your Life

    As the holiday season approaches, readers may find themselves wondering what to buy for that special database marketing manager on their gift list.The

  • Weebots

    Weebots and a not-so-wee bit of remodeling are two of the highlights for Sharper Image Corp. this holiday season.The San Francisco-based cataloger and

  • Dapper to Leave Rapp Collins

    Steven Dapper, chairman and CEO of Rapp Collins Worldwide, part of the Omnicom Group’s Diversified Agency Services unit, will leave at the end of the