Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Brookstone Cuts Net Losses in Half

  Brookstone Inc. posted a net loss of $6.5 million for the second quarter, compared to a net loss of $11 million in the prior year.

• Agencies

  ChoicePoint Income Falls in Quarter

  ChoicePoint Inc. reported net income of $32.6 million for the second quarter, a decrease from $34.9 million last year.

• FTC Shutters Florida Telemarketing Operation

  The Federal Trade Commission has stopped the operations of Suntasia Marketing Inc., an allegedly huge fraudulent Largo, FL-based telemarketing operation.

• Agencies

  Ethan Goller Named President of Structural Graphics

  Structural Graphics has named Ethan Goller president. Goller was most recently executive vice president of the company. Goller has been with the Essex, CT-based dimensional marketing firm since 1997.

• G2 Names Singh CEO in Asia/Pacific

  G2 Worldwide has named Nirvik Singh chief executive officer in Asia Pacific, expanding his current role as president of Grey Group South/South East Asia.

• Avenue A Razorfish Ups Kokich to CEO

  Avenue A Razorfish has promoted Clark Kokich to chief executive officer. For the past two years, he has been worldwide president of the interactive marketing firm.

• Agencies

  Reagan Foundation Taps Merkle

  The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation has chosen Merkle to provided fundraising services.

• Agencies

  Short Cuts

  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Catalogixx LLC a patent for its direct mail and catalog customization software system.

• Letters to the Editor

  You gave me a nice chuckle in your column this week — the idea of adults fighting over a zip code brought me back to a similar type of debate in the D.C. area a number of years back.

• Agencies

  CompUSA Kicks Off Back to School Promo

  CompUSA has launched an instant-win sweepstakes tied to its back-to-school campaign that offers the chance to win $10,000 or notebook computers.