Chief Marketer Staff

• GovConnections’ GSA Contract Cancelled

  (Catalog Age) Bad news for PC Connection. On Nov. 17, the Merrimack, NH-based computer reseller announced that its GovConnection subsidiary

• List and Database News

  VLife MKTG Services has won management of this file of 48,721 subscribers to this entertainment magazine. The source is direct mail. Selections: International

• Letters to the Editor

  : Excellent. There’s something reminiscent of Abraham being asked to sacrifice

• Loose Cannon: The Web’s Worst Site (And Why We Love It)

  Get a direct marketer drunk enough and an ugly truth emerges: Every so often, there is a temptation to give a customer what-for. An online marketer, Despair,

• List and Database News

  Vietnamese Prime Prospects This file offers 506,621 prospects taken from the E-Tech Ethnic and Religious Market Targeting System. Selections: Gender,

• ERA Names Caisson VP of Membership

  The Electronic Retailing Association has named Jack Caisson as vice president of membership. He brings 16 years of association management experience from

• Dell Reports Income Gain

  Dell Inc. reported net income of $677 million for the third quarter, up from $561 million last year. The direct response computer manufacturer/marketer

• FutureCall Blames DNC List for Layoffs

  FutureCall LLC blamed the Federal Trade Commission’s national do-not-call list for its decision to fire 137 employees and warned it may have to shut down

• Thane International Reports Net Loss

  Thane International, Inc. reported a net loss of $3.1 million for its second quarter, larger than a net loss of $383,000 last year. The infomercial beauty

• Adrea Rubin Wins Yves Rocher List

  Yves Rocher has named Adrea Rubin Management Inc. to manage its buyer