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  • Borderfree Opens Second U.S. Distribution Center

    Canada Post Borderfree has opened a second distribution center in the U.S. for shipping catalog orders to Canada. The Toronto-based firm ships packages for catalogers and Internet marketers.

  • TeleTech Building Two More Centers in the Philippines

    TeleTech Holdings Inc. is building two new customer service centers in the Philippines to support new business growth.

  • CMI Acquires Carleton Communications

    CMI PrintGraphix Inc., based in Staten Island, NY, has acquired Carleton Communications, a direct mail marketing and data services firm located in Mechanicsburg, PA. Terms were not disclosed.

  • Jim Toohey Named VP at Petsky Prunier

    Jim Toohey has been appointed vice president of Petsky Prunier LLC, an investment-banking firm that handles mergers and acquisitions in the direct marketing business. Toohey will work with senior management, clients, prospective buyers and analysts to …

  • PROMO Xtra

    Excerpts from our e-newsletter 10/12 Early holiday displays are season treason. According to research firm Yankelovich, 36% of consumers say they don’t

  • McDonald’s, Burger King Brew Up Coffee Competition

    McDonald’s Corp. and Burger King Corp. are beefing up coffee sales with new coffee products this week, adding further fuel to the competitive coffee landscape largely dominated by Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. McDonald’s Corp. today is launching gourmet …

  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    Brookstone Offers Magazine Premium Multichannel marketer Brookstone teams up with This Old House magazine to offer an incentive in a fall 2005 edition of its Hard to Find Tools catalog. A one-year subscription to the publication is offered with …

  • Bluefly CEO Payner: Customers Want to Talk to You

    Customers want to talk to brands. And because Bluefly took a chance with an open-ended survey, thousands of consumers told the online retailer what a girl wants.

  • Listline e-Newsletter 10/31/05

    The online marketer eBags Inc. has introduced a list with more than
    572,000 last-12-month and 955,000 last-24-month buyers. Products sold
    include luggage, bags and accessories.