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  • The Big Spenders

    WHAT RETAILER has sold the most copies of Ray Charles’ final CD, Genius Loves Company? Starbucks. Surprised? That’s just one of the marketing gems you

  • Marketing Services

    Jim Venable named senior director-brand strategy for Disc Marketing’s Pasadena, CA, brand entertainment division. Laughlin/Constable, Inc., Chicago, hired

  • Letters to the Editor

    KUDOS FOR KATIE Just finished reading Katie Muldoon’s Sept. 1 column,

  • Direct From Muldoon: In Defense of Ambulance Chasers

    An earthquake here, a hurricane or two or three there, not to mention an occasional volcanic eruption or blizzard and the less-than-occasional tornado and flood

  • The Del Polito Letter: An Ugly Sign of the Times

    You don’t need a crystal ball or the ability to read entrails to figure out what may be lying ahead for those who use mail for marketing and advertising. A gander at the U.S. Postal Service’s most recent financial statements will do the trick. Mail …

  • More Eyes on the Post

    New study shows direct mail readership is up

  • The Makeover Maven: Too Vague, Too Unpersuasive

    Readers who love to hate my makeovers should be clapping their hands with joy this issue. The ol’ Maven has really gone overboard. What do we see in this makeover of a Centra Software ad? Copy, copy, copy, acres of copy

  • Financial Services: Up Close and Personal

    E-marketing helps financial firms like Boston

  • Plot Line Promotions

    A new entertainment marketing option is emerging where the promotion is the entertainment and the brand is the star. Call these plot-line promotions.

  • DIRECT Listline

    NEW LISTS North Shore Animal League North Shore Animal League America has brought out three new lists. The NSAL America Senior master file is the largest, with 386,821 donors from the last 12 months. The average contribution was $8. Next is the NSAL …