Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Jupitermedia Takes Legal Action vs. eMarketer

  Jupitermedia Corp., the online market research firm, has sent cease and desist letters to eMarketer Inc. claiming inducement to breach contract and infringement of its copyright and database rights in both France and the U.K.

• Judge Upholds Colorado Do-Not-Call Law

  A federal judge has upheld Colorado’s law that bars telemarketers from phoning residents whose numbers are listed in a state registry.

• FTC Files First Do Not Call Rule Civil Action

  The Federal Trade Commission has filed its first case seeking civil penalties for violations of the Do Not Call Rule.

• Collegiate Pacific Income, Sales Skyrocket

  Collegiate Pacific reported fourth-quarter net income of $923,000, a 48% increase over the same period last year.

• Zale Reports 30% Jump in Net Earnings

  Zale Corp. reported net earnings of $6.9 million for the fourth quarter, up 30% from the same quarter last year.

• UPU Names Prescott To New Consultative Committee

  The Universal Postal Union has elected Charles Prescott, vice president of the Direct Marketing Association for international business development, to the office of its chairman of the consultative committee.

• Short Cuts

  Toyzone, a year-old San Antonio, TX educational toy store, has launched a new commercial Web site at www.toyzoneusa.com AdSouth Partners Inc. a Boca Raton, FL direct response advertising company, has selected CEOcast, Inc. as its new investor relations …

• Lists and Databases

  A listing of mailing list availabilities.

• DMA’s AIM Picks Michael Aronowitz as Executive Director

  The Association for Interactive Marketing (AIM) has named Michael Aronowitz as executive director. Aronowitz was most recently director of business development at Monster Worldwide.

• Online Sales to Double by 2010: Forrester

  U.S. online retail sales will more than double over the next six years, reaching $316 billion by 2010, according to Forrester Research.