Month: December 2009

• Sally Beauty Holdings Acquires Sinelco Group

  Sally Beauty Holdings Inc., a direct marketer of professional beauty supplies, has acquired Sinelco Group NV, a Belgian wholesale distributor, for about 25.5 Euros ($36.6 million.

• Scholastic Reports Income Gain

  Scholastic Corp. posted net income of $55.5 million for the second quarter, an increase over net income of $43.1 million in the prior year.

• Agencies

  FedEx Net Income Falls 30%

  FedEx Corp. reported net income of $345 million for the second quarter, a 30% decrease from $493 million last year.

• Agencies

  Dydacomp to Use Stonefield Query System

  Dydacomp, a direct marketing systems provider, has signed an agreement with Stonefield Software Inc. to agreement to use its business intelligence reporting system.

• Direct’s top stories of 2009

  Here’s our list of the most read articles of 2009

• Four Big Ideas Influencing Marketing in 2010

  At a recent conference where word of mouth and social media marketers gathered, four ideas sure to lead 2010 marketing activities dominated the conversation

• PowerPact Hires Chief Strategy Officer

  PowerPact Holdings, the owner of consumer promotion agency PowerPact and digital video solutions company TouchStorm, has hired Robert Mazzucchelli as chief strategy officer, a new post

• Chief Marketer’s top stories of 2009

  Here’s our list of the most read articles of 2009

• Google is Top Company, Brand in November; Americans Spent 2.75 Days Online

  The Nielsen Company released some data from November earlier this week and revealed that Google was the top parent company, while the average U.S. user spent 2.75 days online during the month.

• Nearly $20 Billion in E-Commerce Spending, ‘Green Monday’ Expected to be Huge

  According to recent figures released by comScore, nearly $20 billion in e-commerce spending was recorded during the first 41 days of the November to December 2009 holiday season, with Monday expected to be a record-breaking spending day.