Chief Marketer Staff
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DMEF to Honor Lee Epstein
The Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF) will honor Lee Epstein, former president of Mailmen Inc., with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Listline e-Newsletter 04/13/06
Data cards have been released for the first group of lists from the new
Insight Database. Counts range from 3.1 million for the Insight Music,
Arts and Culture file to 84.3 million for Insight Professionals list.
Separate lists are available for targeting investors, new movers and
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Agencies
Live from Games Forum: Console Games Make the Mark
Video game players are on the hunt for the next best thing in the industry and brand marketers shouldn’t expect to see consumers spending big in advance of soon-to-be released next-generation consoles.
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Live from Games Forum: Dodge Drives Fans Via Hemi Highway Game
To help demonstrate the power and speed of its new Dodge Charger, automaker DaimlerChrysler found a way to put the car in consumers’ hands via an online game, Hemi Highway.
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Agencies
Live from Games Forum: In-Game Advertising Explodes
More and more advertisers are looking at video games as a medium to connect with a young demographic in relevant and emotional ways, and are turning to in-game advertising to do it.
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Agencies
McDonald’s Ventures into The Wild
McDonald’s Corp. unleashes its kids’ promotion tied to Walt Disney Pictures’ The Wild this week.
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Sephora to Open Shops in JCPenney
Beauty products maker Sephora USA, Inc. will open stores-within-stores at JCPenney, becoming the sole provider of beauty offerings for the retailer.
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Agencies
Saturn Packs Times Square with Vehicles
Saturn unveiled three new vehicles Tuesday night on a 60-foot high platform perched above New York City’s Hard Rock Café in Times Square. The event was timed to complement the brand’s participation in the New York International Automobile Show, which kicks off Friday, as well as other events it plans in the Big Apple.
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DMers Look to Hire: Survey
(Direct Newsline)—Nearly three quarters of direct marketers surveyed anticipate adding staff during the coming three months, with another 11% anticipating a hiring freeze, according to a survey from Bernhart Associates Executive Search, LLC
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