Chief Marketer Staff

• FTC Approves Last First Capital Settlement

  The Federal Trade Commission has approved a settlement with Paul Schroeder, the last of seven defendants to face FTC litigation in conjunction with First

• Best Buy Mails B-to-B Book

  Look out, Staples. Beware, CDW. Minneapolis-based Best Buy, the $25.4 billion consumer electronics retailer, is going after the business

• Rapp Collins Ups Three Senior Executives

  Rapp Collins Worldwide has promoted three senior executives. Matthew Hafkin has been promoted to agency chief financial officer from vice president, finance,

• Experian North America Names Cindy Thomas Senior VP

  Experian has appointed Cindy Thomas senior vice president of corporate marketing for Experian North America. Thomas joined the Costa Mesa, CA-based data

• New Products and Services

  Web Caller-ID: a browser-based system to behaviorally detect new phishing attacks and spoofed Web sites—WholeSecurity, Austin, TX.

• Siegel Display to Use IP Synaro CRM System

  EBSCO Industries, Inc. (d.b.a. Siegel Display Products), has chosen IP synaro system to improve its tracking of mail order customer buying trends and

• Letters to the Editor

  : Read your offer to collect thoughts and ideas to forward to the new DMA president.

• Catalina More Than Doubles Quarterly Income

  Catalina Marketing Corp. reported income of $10.9 million, for its first quarter, up from $4.3 million last year. The database marketing company reported

• Short Cuts

  MediaBay Inc., a Cedar Knolls, NJ audio book direct marketer, has named director Joseph Rosetti chairman of the board.

• Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

  Contemporary home design hit a new low, so to speak, in the Summer Catalog 2004 from modular floor covering product Flor from Interface. Retired U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, who commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years, has accepted a new mission — to help raise the capital needed to build The National Museum of the U.S. Army.