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Agencies

  • Cold Calls, Hot Topics

    DIRECT RESPONSE does better in business media than in consumer media. For business, it’s Horatio Alger; for consumers, film noir.Small business publication

  • Florida Telemarketing Service Responds to Fire Alarm

    A TELEMARKETING SERVICE came in handy last month when Florida officials needed to tell residents to evacuate an area because of another one of the fires

  • Instant Gratification

    WOULDN’T IT BE nice if charities that help disaster victims could get donations right after TV viewers had their hearts tugged by footage of the devastation

  • Virtual Relief

    THE U.S. HOUSE of Representatives passed by a voice vote the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which would not only place a three-year moratorium on new Internet

  • Cash From Chaos

    MOST DATABASE records can be ranked alphabetically or numerically by information in their fields. Related data, such as ZIP codes, can be clustered for

  • Enhanced to Purchase eCommerce Corp.

    ENHANCED SERVICES CO. INC., El Segundo, CA, will buy eCommerce Corp. for a combination of cash and stock. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Stamford,

  • Shop and Win

    Card patrols bestowed greenbacks on some lucky Kmart shoppers who purchased Expressions From Hallmark cards.From May 30 to June 6, 26 two-person card

  • Back to Shool

    SHARPEN THOSE PENCILS-DM education programs are gearing up for the fall semester.* New York University’s Center for Direct Marketing will offer 10 courses

  • Cue the Postman…

    FILM FANATICS may be looking forward to picking popcorn and gumdrops out of their hiking boots next month, but the directors of the 25th Telluride Film

  • Automobile Owners

    A NEW SURVEY of women who buy or lease cars indicates widespread disenchantment: Only 57% of the women polled by Good Housekeeping would choose the same