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Not Ready for Prime Time
DRTV spot produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) promoting vegetarianism was rejected by all of the Big Four television networks
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BIG-TIME KID STUFF
Blame it on B’omarr Monk.The spidery-looking droid from “Star Wars”-who only appears in “Return of the Jedi” for a few seconds-inadvertently led toy titan
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Man of the World: DRAFT IS DIRECT MARKETER OF YEAR
Howard Draft, chairman/CEO of DraftWorldwide, is CADM’s 1999 Charles S. Downs Chicago Direct Marketer of the Year. At age 45, he’s the youngest-ever recipient
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Holiday Hangover
In the name of science-and because I didn’t want to spend much time in the malls-I did a lot of my holiday shopping by catalog this recent holiday season.During
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Virtual Fantom
Lynn Fantom, K2 Design Inc.’s CEO, wouldn’t be surprised if e-commerce profits doubled next Christmas. “The penetration of the market is still low enough
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The Net’s Horsepower
One reason shopping online proved so popular over this past holiday season was that the Web offered truly novel gifts, available nowhere at retail.Here’s
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Banks, Brains, Beans and Brunch
As of this writing it’s the first of January 1999, which means it’s either time to reflect on the previous year or contemplate the coming 12 months. Since
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Some Thoughts on 1999
1999 not only marks the end of a decade, but the end of a 10-year period during which direct marketers were constantly urged to change their management
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The Europeans Are Coming!
The U.S. Postal Service has stopped poking its finger into the eye of domestic competitors by abandoning the use of comparative advertisements.While these
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Marketing Outside City Limits
Think Rural markets represent a dead end for direct marketers? Think again. Today, small-town folks are more likely to own their own business than be