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Agencies

  • School Days: Reading, ‘Riting and Ride-Alongs

    WHEN LITTLE LUDWIG was told his first-grade class was going to be part of a pilot program, he assumed he’d be landing 757s at O’Hare International Airport.

  • Accelerated Growth: HOWARD KATZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF CIRCULATION

    Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, or at least its name. Take Boston-based Fast Company, for example: One can’t discuss the business magazine

  • CATCHING LEADS IN THE NET

    Two years ago, publisher Ziff-Davis moved its successful Computer Shopper magazine into the next natural phase of its evolution-a Web site. No one has

  • Direct Newsline

    Trans Union Loses Nod to FTC IN THE LATEST round of a long-running battle, a Federal Trade Commission judge has ordered Trans Union Corp., Chicago, to

  • Under the Mistletoe: M&M/Mars Launches DR Promo

    WHO ATE Santa’s Miniatures?That question will appear on 13 million packages of Mars Miniatures this holiday season, courtesy of a partnership between

  • WATCH YOUR BACK-END AND QUALIFY LEADS

    IGNITING SALES WITH DIRECT marketing strategies is more challenging than ever before. Survival means not just generating response, but building confidence

  • This Month in 1992

    IN PART THREE of our mini-look into DIRECT’s first decade of publication, we go back again to 1992, this time taking a gander at the October issue.* “Battlegrounds

  • California Toughens Spam Laws

    TWO RECENT PIECES of legislation in California may crack down on unsolicited electronic mailings in that state.The first, AB 1676, has been signed into

  • Top-Flight Effort

    HERE’S A RELATIONSHIP-building move a first-timer probably wouldn’t think of.On a friend’s recent trip to England, Virgin Atlantic Airways flight attendants

  • Brewing Brand

    WHEN GEVALIA KAFFE became more famous for its coffeemaker premium than for its gourmet coffee, the company knew it was time for a change.After percolating