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  • DMA Study Shows Industry May Be Rebounding

    Direct marketers are holding their own despite a challenging business environment, said Direct Marketing Association president H. Robert Wientzen. As

  • Out in the Big, Wide World

    My 11-year-old has discovered e-mail. God help me. I know, I know: We’re Luddites. Your kids have been IM’ing since they were eight. They txt msg on their

  • DIRECT listline

    NEW LISTS TV Guide Crosswords The subscribers listed on the 18,258-name TV Guide Crosswords magazine file reportedly are TV fans and crossword enthusiasts.

  • Smooth Sailing in Choppy Waters

    How do some catalogers manage to outperform competitors in markets that are less than thriving?

  • Account Action

    Wise Foods, Inc., Atlanta, selected Maddock Douglas, Elmhurst, IL, for branding, packaging and advertising for the company’s snack food line and new products

  • Marketing Services

    National In-Store (NIS), Sarasota, FL, named Mark Flannery VP-retail intelligence services. CFM Direct, Chicago, promoted Sara Gill to VP-strategic team

  • The Value of Lifetime Value

    Most marketers have used the term customer lifetime value (LTV), but few have actually calculated it, let alone used it in determining their marketing

  • Loose Cannon: The Making of A Presidential Gaff 2004

    By the end of next week, the presidential candidates from the major political parties should be set. At that point, election news coverage will focus