Chief Marketer Staff

• Short Cuts

  InfoUSA has made its “SalesLeadsUSA” small business products available through several national retailers, including Staples, Best Buy, CompUSA, Fry’s

• List and Database News

  Career Changing Business Opportunity Seekers E-Mail Names and Addresses Inc. is now managing this list of 54,274 last-30-day opt-in e-mail addresses taken

• Burger King Appoints Chief Nutritionist

  Miami, FL-based Burger King Corp. announced the appointment of Dr. Joanne Lichten, Ph.D, RD, to the post of chief nutritionist last week. Dr. Lichten

• FTC Denied Injunction Against Pop-Up Ads

  A federal judge denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request to block a software firm from sending pop-up ads online. The case goes to trial on March

• Manatt Adds Litigation Firm

  Law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips will merge with litigation boutique Parcher Hayes & Snyder, beefing up Manatt’s roster of entertainment clients and

• Brands Give Toys and More to Kids for the Holidays

  Cypress, CA-based Bandai America, Inc. contributed more than $5 million worth of toys to the 2003 U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign. A

• Sonny & Cher DVD Set Pulls in $1 Million Online

  Sonny and Cher live again. A DVD set of the 1970s musical duo is selling gangbusters through an infomercial

• Peet’s Coffee & Tea Appoints New Chairman

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• Buyer Saves Fabled Toy Retailer FAO

  (Catalog Age) Bankrupt toy retailer/cataloger FAO on Dec. 26 signed an agreement to sell its assets to VGACS Acquisition, a subsidiary of DE Shaw Laminar

• Merkle Names Charchaflian Vice President

  Direct Marketing Inc. has named Pierre Charchaflian to the new position of vice president, client management services. In this position, he will oversee