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  • Wish List

    Sears, Roebuck and Co. brought Christmas to New York City early when it unveiled a three-story snow globe in Times Square last month to kick off its first

  • LISTLINE

    NEW LISTS ProFlowers Z-24 Experian demographic and CircBase subscriber data overlays were used to create ProFlowers Z-24, a list identifying nearly 1.7

  • The Chutzpah of Don Peppers and Martha Rogers

    WE HAVE FOLLOWED WITH great interest Ray Schultz’s battle with Don Peppers and Martha Rogers (Direct Hit, Sept. 1 and Commentary, Oct. 1). The source

  • Shirts, Panini and Desire

    Because I stayed at a Las Vegas resort hotel seven years ago, I now get its brochure every 90 days, even though my plans are to return right after I get

  • DMA Blows Another Chance to Defend Industry

    LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER Direct Marketing Association president John Greco vowed in his keynote speech at DMA05 in Atlanta that the association would strive

  • Listline e-Newsletter 12/01/05

    Dennis Publishing has appointed Worldata to manage the Maxim, Stuff and
    Blender magazine lists, effective Jan. 1. The men’s lifestyle titles
    Maxim and Stuff have 1.9 million and 1 million subscribers,
    respectively.

  • Kestler Financial Improves Its Two-Way Dialogue

    What’s a wholesaler of financial products to over 5,500 independent brokers to do when it has to gather information regarding quotes and respond to agent inquiries? Here’s what Kestler Financial Group, Inc. did.

    That was the challenge facing Kestler Financial Group, Inc. (KFG), a company specializing in securities, annuities, life insurance and long-term care insurance.

  • The Age of the Paperless Bank

    Rob Strickland has a dream: That banks will one day operate without paper.
    But unlike many other fantasies, this one is actually coming true.

  • Ahold Settles Trade-Promotion Suit for $1.1 Billion

    Royal Ahold agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a U.S. shareholder lawsuit over accounting malpractice in its U.S. Foodservice unit, and will restructure that division.

  • Coke, Pepsi and Others to be Sued Over Hooking Kids on Soda

    Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and other companies making soft drinks and selling them in schools are about to get slapped with a lawsuit filed by parents that claims that the companies use caffeine in their beverages to get kids hooked on products…