Chief Marketer Staff

• Mailers Laud Senate Bill OK, Unsure of Prospects

  Industry groups welcomed Senate committee approval of the postal reform bill S. 662 but wondered if there was sufficient time left this year to get a bill passed and overcome President Bush’s opposition to the measure.

• Hotmail Beefs Up Sender ID with Alert Notices

  E-mail provider MSN Hotmail put some muscle behind anti-spam protocol Sender ID today with the launch of a new tool that will notify users when an e-mail message

• Finnish Labor Woes Threaten Paper Supply

  The labor action that has shut paper mills in Finland since May 18, affecting such suppliers as Stora Enso and UPM-Kymmene Group, shows no signs of abating.

• Bombay Taps Woodward as EVP

  The Bombay Co. Inc. has appointed Steve Woodward executive vice president and general merchandise manager.

• Draft New York Names Kinder Senior VP

  Draft New York has named Steven Kinder senior vice president of its DraftWorks division.

• AdSouth Names Cammarano CEO

  AdSouth Partners Inc. has named president, John Cammarano CEO and Denise Perryman general manager of the DermaFresh product division.

• Time Warner Taps Concerto for Call Center Software

  Time Warner Cable has selected Concerto Software to provide contact center software for its Charlotte, NC telemarketing center.

• New Products and Services

  EMill: a new version of its e-mail software that improve list management and message tracking

• Short Cuts

  GoWholesale (www.gowholesale.com) a subsidiary of Liquidity Services Inc. is launching an online directory of verified wholesale sources for EBay sellers, entrepreneurs and small businesses looking for wholesale inventory. …

• List and Database News

  Prospecting lists for the direct response marketing industry.