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  • Crumb on Marketing

    Editor’s note: Want to know what the other side thinks? I received the following hand-written letter from legendary comic book artist R. Crumb in response

  • Swim, Don’t Sink

    If you want to be a big fish in a small pond, you need to make a splash.

    In her new book

  • Can a Mailer Find True Happiness?

    Direct mailers have been searching for even a shred of contentment since the most recent postal increase. It may be too much to think that the postal rate cloud has a silver lining. But, like a child’s security blanket, it could at least be flannel.

    In other words, there’s hope.

  • Pitching the Crescent City

    A multichannel effort by Smithsonian magazine and the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism was set to lure thousands of travelers to

  • Delta Ad Is Witty But Pointless

    One of the most common errors I encounter in ads that seem to need makeovers is a reluctance to accept that the largest word in the ad is the headline

  • Do You Do It?

    A Bill Me Later/Ipsos Insight survey found that more than 12 million Americans admitted to shopping online while on work-related conference calls.

  • Fashionable Fixtures

    It’s no secret that the lifestyle trend in retail has been successful. The Lifestyle Center as a retail format has transformed the American shopping experience.

  • Listline

    NEW LISTS Meritline Technology Buyers Media supply company Meritline has a list of 317,786 customers from the last 12 months. A typical sale was $72 for

  • A Dazzling Palette

    What’s driving eyeballs to packaging? Color. And 2009 (that’s right, plan ahead) is expected to be the year of cleaner and brighter hues. Yellow is making

  • Justly Enriched

    Thinking of starting a promotional campaign? Save your money until you know your staff is behind you. That seems to be the view, at least in part, of