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  • Royal Treatment

    Prince ran his own version of a DM campaign last month, with a very simple call to action: Listen. The music icon chose to distribute 3 million free copies

  • Work E-mails That Say I am Lame

    At the risk of offending some readers and others who hold the power to adversely affect my standard of living, it’s time to point out some e-mail writing

  • It’s ChicBut What’s It About?

    Quick! What’s that illustration? Maybe one of those gruesome X-ray views of your intestines like you see in constipation-remedy mailers? Quick! What’s

  • PROMOLAND

    Next time you’re in the video store or on Netflix looking for a rental title, consider Punch-Drunk Love. Ostensibly a vehicle for Adam Sandler to demonstrate

  • Travelzoo Ups Search ROI

    Internet media company Travelzoo relies on persuading people to give in to that spur-of-the-moment travel impulse. In fact, Erik Qualman, head of North

  • The Industry Needs an Ombudsman

    I don’t remember the name of a science-fiction film I saw some years ago, but I remember the plot: An evil serpent (is there any other kind, in fiction?)

  • The Cross-Channel Advantage

    The retail market has changed dramatically in recent years. Today just about every company that wants to stay relevant to its customer base is multichannel. This has made it essential for retailers of every stripe to optimize technology and business disciplines on the Web, in print catalogs, in brick-and-mortar stores — and beyond.

  • A Call to Postal Action

    C. Hamilton Davison, executive director of the American Catalog Mailers Association, was up against a tough audience. He asked catalogers at Merit-Direct’s

  • Driving Diversity

    Car racing inherently has its risks. So it makes perfect sense for Allstate to be the official insurance company for NASCAR. It also makes sense that

  • Listline

    NEW LISTS Gevalia SOHO Continuity Buyers Approximately 1.3 million businesspeople who responded to a trial delivery offer for coffee and a free coffeemaker