Chief Marketer Staff
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Cadbury to Cut 10% of Work Force
Cadbury Schweppes PLC plans to cut 10% of its 55,000 global work force over the next four years in a cost-cutting measure. The world’s third largest soft-drink
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Cendant Subsidiary Settles California Suit
Trendwest Resources, a timeshare operator, will pay $795,000 in fines and possible millions in consumer restitution to settle a lawsuit over its marketing
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Insight Posts Sales and Margin Increases
Computer marketer Insight Enterprises Inc. reported third quarter net sales of $729.6 million, a 15% decline compared with the same period last year.
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List and Database News
Catalogs.com Mal Dunn Associates Inc. has been named manager of the Catalogs.com list. The file includes the pre-qualified names of 411,754 consumers
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Agencies
Carnegie Deli Hosts Sandwich Contest
The famous Carnegie Deli hosts a sandwich-making contest on Nov. 3, National Sandwich Day. Five finalists in Finlandia Cheese’s Great Sandwich Recipe
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News Briefs
FRANKEL: Chicago, has promoted Brendan Nash and John Menefee to creative directors. Nash will be responsible for inception and execution of creative concepts
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Men’s Health Cuts Costs
(Circulation Management) Men’s Health magazine is saving up to $1 million per year with three painfully simple tactics. One is automatic renewals. Since
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FTC Files Complaint Against Canadian Telemarketers
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a federal district court complaint against Canadian telemarketing operators it alleges defrauded many older Americans
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Live from the Folio: Show: The Graveyard of Direct Mail Buffoonery
(Circulation Management) Some people believe that anything worth doing is worth doing badly. And judging by the stories heard this week at the Folio:
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Letters to the Editor
: Whatever happened to the age-old adage “Caveat Emptor”? If the buying public wasn’t so