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  • Determining Your Areas of Growth

    All mailers must constantly try to identify the best way to grow revenues. It seems like it should be pretty easy. But in the present multichannel environment, how do you fuel growth and determine where to invest to expand market share in a cost effective manner? Click here for more from Michael Grant.

  • Fasano Regrets Wildfire Reference in E-mail Blast

    You can do good things all your life…and be remembered for the one bad deed. Pat Fasano’s 25-year-old Southern California-based list firm is hoping it can overcome a questionable e-mail blast send last week. Click here to find out what the e-mail gaffe was, and how it plans to prevent such faux pas in the future.

  • Sox Win Series, But Yankees Snag Headlines

    The Red Sox win! Who cares—the Yankees won’t bring back A-Rod! Boston (and even Cleveland) fans have to be ticked off at the New York Yankees, who found a way to make themselves bigger than game its self this month. Click here to see why marketers can learn a lesson from the Bronx Bombers (and Scott Boras).

  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    The 2007 edition of the Fright Catalog is a lean(er), mean, spooky machine, which features a variety of items appropriate for tricking out a Halloween house. Unicef seeks to persuade teachers to enroll children in its annual trick-or-treating fundraising efforts. And the autumn edition of home d

  • Listline e-Newsletter 10/29/07

    Milo Media Publications has appointed McCarthy Media Inc. to manage a
    list of 16,831 subscribers to Utility and Telecom Fleets.

  • Mail Delivery Resumes in Fire-Ravaged San Diego County

    The U.S. Postal Service resumed delivery Friday to virtually all residents and businesses in San Diego County, either from letter carriers or in temporary post offices established for evacuated communities, according to John E. Platt, USPS San Diego district manager.

  • Lansing Out as ValueVision CEO; Firm Lowers Guidance

    William J. Lansing has stepped down as chief executive officer of ValueVision at the request of its board of directors.

  • DMA Hails Senate Vote on Internet Tax Moratorium

    The Direct Marketing Association applauded the U.S. Senate on Friday for its vote to extend the Internet Tax Moratorium until 2014.

  • European Holiday Online Spending to Reach $71 Billion: Survey

    Internet users in Europe will spend a projected 51 billion euros ($71 billion in U.S. currency) online during this holiday season this year, according to Forrester Research Inc.

  • Zones Reports 18% Increase in Third Quarter Sales

    Information technology direct marketer Zones Inc. reported net sales for the third quarter ending Sept. 30 increased 18% to $163 million, compared to $138 million in sales for the same quarter in 2006. It reported net income of $2.6 million.