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  • Beastie-Vision

    AT 3 A.M, one expects to find Ron Popeil on the air extolling the virtues of hair in a can. Or an ’80s sitcom star praising a line of cosmetics. But the

  • No Lazy Last Days of Summer for Retail Catalogers

    WHILE AUGUST sales among a sample of retailers were lackluster, those with separate catalog divisions showed stronger results during the last full month

  • TV Now a Toll-Free Medium

    ALMOST ONE-FOURTH of all television commercials use a toll-free number as a response mechanism, according to a new study by Response Marketing Group,

  • The New Direct Marketers

    MICHAEL COHEN IS manager of direct marketing operations for Showtime Networks Inc. in New York. Cohen’s job is pretty narrowly defined; a major part is

  • Consider Tomorrow at Today’s Conference

    MANY OF YOU will read this issue either before or while attending the Direct Marketing Association’s annual conference in San Francisco. To set the mood,

  • Ten Years After

    Oh no, is it really October already?We’re not ready. Our bodies are not up to four days of nonstop running and party going.But like you, we’ll have to

  • Designing Woman

    FOR CLOSE TO 20 years, interior designer Lauri Ward has been providing high-rent decorating solutions at comparatively low-rent prices through her company

  • Use Your Data to Upgrade B-to-B Frequency

    FOR TOO LONG, frequency programs have occupied a back seat in business-to-business marketing, despite the obvious advantages.B-to-B marketers, after all,

  • Cashing In Your Chips

    MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS are dominating many sectors of the U.S. economy, and the direct marketing industry, in particular. Everywhere you turn, somebody

  • Want Teens to Shop Online? Get Them to Chat

    YOU’D NEVER THINK that giving teenagers a place to talk about homework, their boyfriends and the likes of Marilyn Manson would enable an online clothing