Chief Marketer Staff

• Inventive Solutions to Debut Catalog, Web Site in January

  Inventive Solutions, Inc., a gadget wholesaler, will launch an Internet store at www.einventive.com and a catalog division in January. Currently, the

• 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

• Modem Media Stockholders Sell 11.2 Million Shares

  Shareholders have sold 11.155 million shares of Modem Media Inc., an interactive marketing strategy and services firm. Sellers included The Interpublic

• 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

• JoS. A. Bank Has Strong Holiday Sales

  JoS. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. reported that, despite snowstorms along the East Coast, it had exceeded management

• Loose Cannon: Twelve Quatrains on Four Quarters

  Longtime readers of The New Yorker will likely remember Roger Angell’s end-of-the-year poem, which boiled down the events of the previous 12 months into

• Letters to the Editor

  [Re: “Loose Cannon: Postal Workers Are As Mad As Hell And Are Not Going to Take It Anymore,” Direct Newsline, Dec. 15, 2003, and “Letters to the Editor,”

• FTC Wins Order Against Domain-Name Services Firm

  A Canadian company will pay redress and alter its marketing practices to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint that it misled consumers. Domain

• Kia Gets 36% Response to Dealer Mailing

  Kia Motors America has pulled in a 36% response to a mailing promoting a new online communications system to its dealership owners. So far the U.S. arm

• Sharper Image Reports Holiday Sales Boom

  Sharper Image Corp. enjoyed a 30% sales boost during the three-week period ending on Dec. 24. Included was a 34% hike in Internet sales and a 21% increase